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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ah, Ms. Antonucci -- this brings back memories.  We interviewed with her a few years ago.  These anecdotes all ring true.  I don't think the point was to humiliate, though.  We laugh about the whole experience in retrospect, but I think she had a purpose to her method.  It was a test of two types.  First, how does the child operate, and would s/he be a good fit at the school.  Second, how do the parents react, to see whether they will be happy with the school.  She explained to us why she did most of the things she did (I forget now exactly all of them, although I do remember her telling our DC that she wasn't getting into the chair properly--she was climbing, rather than sitting down and pulling it under her).  I assume that what she was trying to do was screen out people who didn't fit into the teaching method, and I'll say that we probably did not (not accepted, FWIW).

If Aidan is able to fill its classes with her as the gate keeper, more power to them.  But I have to say that she certainly didn't make us feel welcome, and I doubt she's very good advertising for the school.[/quote]

Gate keeper is a very nice way of describing her.  I found her to be more of a storm trooper.[/quote]

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