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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our friends switched their DD and DS from our local public to Catholic school this year and won't stop trashing the public. Our kids still go there and we are happy with it! They have made comments about how there are fewer kids with IEPs and behavioral issues and that the education is better. They have even said we are going to have to supplement for our kids to keep pace with theirs.

I'm glad they're happy but I find these comments totally obnoxious and it makes me want to stop seeing them. I also don't know now you determine that the education is superior less than a month in. I am kind of dumbfounded that they have said this multiple times.

Am I off base to find this obnoxious? I want to address this directly the next time. Like "hey I'm glad you're happy but we have chosen to stay at the school and it's not cool that you keep disparaging it." Or should I just ignore? [/quote]

Interesting. We moved to the DC area from the West Coast. Kids were in Catholic at the time - elementary school level.

Private Catholic schools out West definitely have their issues with wealthy families with awful children. They get a pass, because these families have paid full tuition for 10 horrible bullies and cretins over the last decade or two. These are such small schools, where one rotten kid in a class of 15 can really impact the experiences of everyone else. And the Catholic schools that need the money - even in the exclusive, expensive areas - let it go. Those little turds don't get expelled bc that family is a cash cow for the school.

It was kind of a relief to come to the DMV and go to the big public school in a good school district where - and this was about 12 years ago - there was this differentiation between smart and talented students and the special needs students and the determined to be mediocre forever students. In a small, expensive Catholic school, they are all in the same class. At MCPS - at the time - students were tracked according to their skills, ability, behavior, and so on. It was refreshing.

Both in great colleges now, so no recent experience with Catholic school smugness. It was an interesting transition though. [/quote]

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