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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would not have been embarrassed, but my husband, who grew up in this horrible place, would have been, so he and his parents pulled every string imaginable to get DD into a school that she never would have gotten into otherwise. She's bright and very hard-.working, but severe ADHD and executive function issues. She really struggled throughout her entire high school career at a big 3. She's been at college for two weeks and seems quite happy, but we'll see what happens when classes ramp up. I am waiting for a major implosion. I would have been much happier to see her at a school with a variety of well-rounded kids and where for once, she could stop feeling like she's the dumbest kid in the room. I grew up in a grounded community, where people knew there were many avenues to happiness and success. People in this area are entirely myopic.[/quote]

If you're so "grounded," why didn't you put your foot down?  And why on earth would a "grounded" parent send a kid with the issues that you described to a Big 3 in the first place?

There sure are major holes in your story.[/quote]

There are not any major holes in PP’s story.  Lighten up, Francis.  [/quote]

Yea, there are.  This poster is a milk toast parent who let her husband and his family walk all over her and her daughter.

"I am waiting for a major implosion. I would have been much happier to see her at a school with a variety of well-rounded kids and where for once, she could stop feeling like she's the dumbest kid in the room."

Allowing that to happen, yet claiming to be the "grounded" parent?  Sorry, no.[/quote]

PP isn’t claiming they are grounded, but that they grew up grounded.  And one can be grounded and still be in that situation.  Maybe they are abused, or mentally ill.  One could be those things and still “grounded.”   Why do you care to point out possible holes in their story anyway?   You’re the very type of person PP is railing against. Sounds to me like PP touched a nerve…[/quote]

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