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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]LOL this brings back memories of when our oldest was a junior and only taking one non-AP class in the core subjects.

On back to school night every class we went to was packed with anxious parents with lots of questions -- except that class.  For that class, we were the only ones who showed up.[/quote]

Umm ok, are you laughing at parents in this situation? [/quote]

Yea, pretty much.  And laughing at ourselves.  What a waste of time.  The bad parents had it right.[/quote]

The “bad” parents? The ones who may have been working two (or more) jobs to support their families?[/quote]

I think PP is actually making a point about the futility and self-importance of so-called “good” parents. [/quote]

Yes, that was my point exactly.  So much wasted time . . . [/quote]

Why do you feel this way? [/quote]

I don't want to hijack OP's thread . . . but since you asked, with the benefit of hindsight everything just seems sooo important at the time but really it's all such bullshit.  The PTAs, the back-to-school nights, the obsessing over which school is "better," test scores, teachers, blah blah blah.  In the end none of it makes a bit of a difference.  The kids end up fine regardless.  [/quote]

I genuinely agree with you but I would also guess that the kids and parents who end up at top schools do think it was worth it, because for them, it was. [/quote]

Well, our kids did end up at top schools, but that had nothing to do with any of the bullshit that we were all wrapped up in at the time.  There's no connection.[/quote]

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