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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=SAM2][quote=Anonymous]I wouldn't want SAM2's request,  that posters give evidence supporting their opinions, to havb a chilling effect on the haring of opinions in this forum.[/quote]
I agree with not wanting to chill opinions. And I definitely don't think anyone ought to limit herself to objective data. But I do think opinions are much more useful if they are (1) detailed, and (2) sourced.

For example, if someone just posts that [b]"GDS lower school stinks!"[/b] without more, I consider that completely useless and quite possibly misinformation. It's much more credible and useful if people will post something like "my child went through GDS lower school, and I found the math and language arts teaching to be terrible and really no better than my child could have received in a local public school!" And of course if you can show that your personal opinions/experiences are supported by other corroborating data ("and recently 15 teachers quit the lower school too!"), that would lend more credibility.

(By the way, in case it's not obvious, I am completely making up those statements about GDS and just using them as an example. I have no reason to doubt its strength as a school. It seems like a great place.)[/quote]

What??  GDS lower school [i]stinks[/i]?  Do you actually [u]have[/u] children there?[/quote]

You're doing that on purpose, aren't you? You know that the PP you are addressing was using a hypothetical. (Bad choice of school to pick on -- why not use a hypothetical school, too? -- but still . . . .)[/quote]

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