Reply to Feedback from uptown all girls for K?

Forum Index » Metropolitan New York City

Reply to "Feedback from uptown all girls for K?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am the one with the patience to get the person telling me I am racist, lack humility and nickle dime my details to get them to remember a very well loved English class.
I am that parent — the one who cares enough about books and the girls themselves to not just accept what the school tells me, who complains about taking out books by Great Black authors and foundational texts of Civilization. If you want this conversation, don’t expect to have it with parents at brearley. They care too much about keeping up with the other parents, too much about not putting a toe over the line, to making sure their kid is in the right enrichment class or invited to the party to sit around reading a book. Those that aren’t are too scared of the school to have this conversation where someone might hear it.

I am leaving because I am so unhappy with the way they are teaching literature and so tired of trying to fight for the kind education I thought I was getting. I would have this conversation all day every day if I at all thought it wouldn’t end with me being screamed at or my kid being picked on for not falling into line.

If they knew I was having this conversation, daring to besmirch its reputation, they would expel my family. They wrote the contacts so they can do it. They have done it to elementary school students families whose parents dared to say such things in parent meetings. Yes, this type of rhetoric gets you flagged. Part of the reason we won’t be revealing to my daughter’s so called friends is because we know she will be bullied for not “being smart enough” and not as good as them. These are her friends. They are spoiled, overindulged not as bright as they have been told they are ill-informed not very nice girls but also the best she could do. Years and years of watching these once bright little girls — ugh, spare yourself.

I would like to send my kid to the Brearley you have in your head (I once had it, too). I’ll let you know if I find it. One place it is not is on 83rd and East End.[/quote]

Are you the same poster who said you trust boarding schools even less than B? Where are you planning on sending your daughter? Does she want to leave, as well?[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics