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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everybody doesn't care for the way you IB parents are lending a hand.  Boycotts have their uses.[/quote]

So we should boycott the school we think has a good chance of working for our kid, because you don’t think it works for your kid? makes a lot of sense. 
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DP but no, no one is saying don't send your kid to your IB if that's what you want. People are specifically reacting to the attitude that choosing not to attend the IB is some kind of betrayal. It's not. It's a practical choice to give your kid the education and environment they need.

And I think a lot of people are also pointing out the inherent privilege of certain parents insisting that the IB school is good enough because they have resources that will ensure their kid is never really in danger of missing out on opportunities by attending a struggling IB school. That privilege might take the form of being wealthy enough to afford to supplement and support your kid outside of school so they don't fall behind academically, having kids without SNs that might require a different school environment, being white, or being firmly ensconced in the UMC versus maybe being the first generation of your family to attend college or have a professional career and feeling more a more tenuous hold on future opportunities for your child. Criticizing people for going to charters, moving, or attending private schools as being part of the problem often ignores these privileges and assumes that every family IB for SH, EH, or JA is similarly sitauted. We aren't. Some of us rightfully worry more about how going to a MS where many kids test below grade level and behavioral issues are common might impact our child's chances of going to college or getting the education they need to do well as an adult. The refusal to even acknowledge that is really insulting.[/quote]

It's also insulting to think that every parent values what you value PP? There are a lot of parents who believe their kids will get the best education by attending a struggling school. The assumptions that kids need supplementation, that they will simply coast on privilege, or even that everyone is similarly situated are all wrong. Some people just prefer these schools for their kids, just like they prefer living on the Hill rather than in NW or the burbs. Posts like yours insinuate that people live here because they can't live in a better place, and that's insulting.[/quote]

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