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[quote=Anonymous]I'm not a big fan of Mrs. Simpson's manners.  My child attends (Jewish, invited by African-American friend, big 3, chose it over CC, 3rd year), and we left the choice to the child, given that this profile was midway between supporting a racist throwback and rubbing her nose in it by making the class more diverse.

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a) All correspondence is addressed to "Mr. and Mrs." in spite of the fact that my surname is different, so that's just wrong (and, nowadays, bad manners).

b) We know directly of a child with a mild handicap requiring special shoes who was harassed, really, by Mrs. Simpson about the shoes being insufficiently dressy - again, in my book, appalling manners.

c) Parents and caregivers are prohibited from entering the lobby for pickup unless appropriately dressed in evening wear - so we stand out there are freeze.  Again, not a shining example of good manners.

On the dancing itself - they are taught a rigid box step version of a waltz, and as a result no one can do a normal waltz with my kid until we undo the damage.

On the overall diversity - child reports it is hard to tell many of the kids apart because so many are blond.  I personally know two African Americans, an Indian (Asian), a couple of Persians, an Hispanic, and another Jew.  It's a sprinkling, they're all big 3 private schools, and everyone else I've met while standing there freezing is white (or whitish, anyway, didn't check details) and from a private school.

So if you do choose to let your child attend, you'll probably want to save time for discussions about what good manners mean to different people and why, or how in your family good manners are defined as making people feel welcome and comfortable, etc.  Mrs. Simpson is an anachronism and a half; caveat emptor.[/quote]

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