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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am sure Eastern and SH/EH work great for some parents.

The same cannot be said for black and Hispanic kids, especially those in sped.

I’m happy for all of us when local schools work out, but I find it disgusting when loudmouthed parents try to shame others for making different choices.

This happened to me with my kids, and I was so disgusted by the blatant clout seeking behavior of my neighbor. Make your school choices on behalf of your kids, not yourself. [/quote]

I haven’t seen any posts in this thread shaming anyone for their school choices, so I’m not sure why you brought this up here in particular.

In fact, most of the shaming I see on DCUM in general tends to be in the opposite direction, with parents who didn’t choose their in-bound school shaming those of us who did. For example, some say (or strongly imply) that we don’t care as much about our education, that our kids must not be as high achieving as theirs, etc.

That’s the kind of crap I am “disgusted” by.

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You've identified a fundamental truth on DCUM: Posters who lecture others about the "wrongness" of their choices who play the martyr card whenever anyone dares express they like a school the DCUM Martyr Police sh*t upon. In their worlds, saying "I chose my IB MS and I like it" is somehow interpreted as "pressuring them" or 'being high and mighty". I haven't seen anyone on this thread judge anyone else for choosing a charter or private school. I have seen multiple instances of people like the poster to whom you responded excoriating people for daring to suggest they like their IB school and/or that people might want to give them a chance.

-Signed
Someone who sent their kids to charters but doesn't begrudge or judge parents who made a different choice  [/quote]

I am not going to go back and re read every post but I think you’re right. I personally don’t judge people for going to their inbound. If your school is working for you/your kid, especially if it’s your inbound- excellent. But I think the entire point of this thread was people who are choosing discomfort (long drives) so they can send their kids elsewhere.

Also in real life I think no one would dare to tell anyone they’re making a poor choice in sending their kids to their inbound. I would be shocked if I heard someone say that anyway.  But what I have heard many times is people virtue signaling by judging those who choose to send their kids to charters. I’ve certainly had the deranged neighbor tell me how I’m racist or something (Always a white lady btw) for not choosing our inbound.

In an ideal world all the schools would be considered great and people would spend less energy judging the choices you make about your kids. [/quote]

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