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[quote=Anonymous] I know happy people at Dalton and Trinity, Riverdale, Trevor, the K-8 boys, Heschel, Nightingale, Chapin. There is more transparency from what I can tell from the admin in those places.They know how their kids are doing on standardized tests. I have met teachers and librarians from different schools who I enjoy talking to about books, etc from all those schools.

I have talked to those kids about their academic experience and found them more engaged on the whole with bigger picture ideas and frankly, the world outside of their little schools. They didn’t brag to me about being at their school but were bouncing around talking about cool stuff. They tell me about black holes or endangered species or Fahrenheit 451 or how fast the fastest skier raced at the Olympics or how to build an egg drop or what an acute angle is.

Brilliant little brains.

My daughter being able to handle her work has been a problem because I didn’t see it. Once I saw the curriculum and read the books she reads in class I was unimpressed and am moving on. Whatever version is being taught of a poor history book is, I don’t trust it to have enough meat on the bone based on the old ones. You may disagree — cool.

Forget the politics, she has already read so much history on her own she would be so bored by the kind of superficial Billy Joel style listing that text still features. nothing anyone has said or posted or pointed out about a particular work has changed it. I think it’s badly designed and weak. You think I am insane. Cool — but I am not lying about my opinion.

I actually read everything my kids read in class so we can talk about it. My grandmother did the same. It’s a lovely memory of mine. I ended up at an Ivy and was totally fine and didn’t do a single SAT prep class because when you are taught math correctly you don’t need it.

I am engaging with the people who engaged with me because they seem to want to fight me on it. Go to a new thread — skip my posts. I know you are all probably going to choose the school anyway, but maybe you will pay attention more than I did and notice things and be more empowered them as a parent.

Every article in the NY Times is about the kids not being able to do Algebra or some kid jumping in front of a car at some protest or jumping out a window at a storied New York institution. I grieve those lost kids. I’m sure like all my little friend, they had so much wonderful potential and so much good to give. I am not changing anyone’s mind, just planting some doubt so people can keep an eye on their kids.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I pruned out anything that was repetitive or people calling me a liar and me responding in haste, back and forth about tiny curriculum points. I may not be right, but I am not a liar and have never really been called one before. [/quote]
I personally do appreciate you pouring your heart out even though it may seem overabundant here. I take it as an important data point. But we need to send our girls somewhere, and in the absence of concrete alternatives and concrete points of comparison with other specific schools, it becomes less actionable -- who is to say there is no equally unhappy parent at e.g. Spence or other reputationally good schools? We understand the things you are upset about at B; if you could speak to how those things are better at S, C, T, HM, or R etc, that would be helpful.[/quote][/quote]

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