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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a parent who is reading DCUM lately to research middle school options for the lottery in the spring, these posts are exhausting. The Basis parents seem strangely attached to the fact that the school worked out for their kid. Are you just relieved you don't have to worry about middle school or high school despite living in DC? [b]Why are you so quick to write off the people who have bad experiences there?[/b] It's not coming off great. I am still considering Basis for my kid next year but this view into the kinds of parents I might encounter if my kid goes there is giving me pause.  [/quote]

I'm not. I fully recognize that Basis isn't a good fit for many kids for many reasons.  I also think school rankings are silly.  And it's silly to praise standardized test scores without the full demographic context of a school.  Basis boosters who incessantly bring up the rankings or scores are exhausting, and I say this as a generally satisfied Basis parent.

On this thread, at least, the majority of the people bashing Basis have no experience there at all.  I'm absolutely going to write off anyone who only did a school tour or read threads like this one, created some imaginary universe where their kid attended Basis and had a bad experience, and then felt the need to post about their bad experiences in their fictional universe.

I'm perplexed as to why people who've never attended Basis are seeking out Basis threads and commenting on the rigor, environment, ECs, etc. when they have no idea what they're talking about.  I don't make a point of finding threads for schools my kids have never attended, jumping to a bunch of assumptions, and then heavily criticizing the school.  It's truly weird behavior.  [/quote]

Sorry but did you even read the OP remarks, who started this thread???   Basis booster of why the school is so great., blah, blah, blah.

Families at no other school would even start a boosting thread

The majority of people posts a question, they don’t start a post about well our school is so great… Just don’t start these tiring threads, one of many….[/quote]

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