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[quote=Anonymous]13:21 -- I am not 12:22, but I'll answer your question.  It's different because (1) what the GDS admin said was to a limited audience of one person, whereas the Feynman admin's comment was broadcast to an anonymous message board with thousands of readers, and (2) what the GDS admin said ("some DYSs enrolled in the lower school") is a lot more vague and unidentifiable than what the Feynman admin posted ("two kindergarten students have tested into Davidson with scores significantly above 150").  If I were the parent of one of those two K students, and I learned that a Feynman admin was posting that sort of info about my child on DCUM, I'd be pretty pissed.

The Feynman supporter (and perhaps the Feynman admin who posts here anonymously) seem to think there is some sort of vendetta against the school.  I don't think that's true at all.  Plenty of people, including me, have made plenty of positive comments about the school's stated goal of providing good education to certain students.  But when the Feynman admin (1) posted identifying details about two students, and (2) touted the school without disclosing a financial affiliation, he committed a serious mistake.  IMO the Feynman supporter is compounding that mistake by attacking the people who identified these missteps.  It's just making the school look bad all around.

My sincere suggestion is that the Feynman admin should just identify himself and post an apology.  When Feynman's paid PR person was posting on DCUM last year, she took pains to make clear her affiliation to the school.  When she accidentally posted anonymously, she admitted error and apologized: "I thought I was logged on when I just posted. This reply (above) is mine.[i] I've been transparent all along and want to keep it that way[/i]."  There's little shame in admitting you made a mistake.  What's shameful is refusing to acknowledge a clear error in judgment.[/quote]

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