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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are many different rankings of area schools every year.  It's the passive-aggressive parents who make a big deal about why the rankings must be ignored who make me laugh.  Most people just take them in stride.   [/quote]

Yeah, it's really pretty amusing just how insecure the parents are who live in the unranked or lower ranked HS pyramids.  It's [b]gotta be rough[/b] knowing that you don't have enough money to live in one of the better HS pyramids and that your children are receiving inferior educations as a result. The bitterness of failure seems to cause people to lash out those around them who are [b]successful[/b]. [/quote]

I'm sorry, does success entail simply living in a neighborhood that sends ALL age-eligible children in the neighborhood to a school? That's the silliest part of these rankings, and of posts like this one. What kind of success do you think it takes to get your kid into one of these schools? Simply buying a house in the neighborhood? Yup, them's there are real bragging rights. And before you accuse me of being one of those bitter "failures" who can't afford a "better HS pyramid," I should tell you that I'm in one of these "top" pyramids.

As I said before, I'll start bragging when my kid gets accepted by a school that actually has admissions standards.[/quote]

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