Anonymous
Post 06/09/2014 17:29     Subject: Kids are snarky too
OP ~ Northern Virginia. It's toxic and nauseating.
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2014 16:29     Subject: Kids are snarky too
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So I reported a few months ago that I attended an Odyssey of the Mind awards ceremony and when South Lakes High school won an award, the Indian kids from TJ who sat in front of me remarked "is that a high school?" and then laughed.

Well today, I was at a youth athletic event and one of the kids had on a loud tie dyed "Haycock Elementary" t shirt. One kid made fun of him and said he actually goes to Lemon Road now.

Parents got to have some influence on this self perceived elitist behavior.



I could see the second example being not mean. If a man was with the Cowboys and then was with the Redskins, and he wore his old Cowboys shirt, it would be a little funny to say, "Uh, you are actually with the Redskins now." I don't see your example meaning that the child was making fun of him as in his education was downgraded somehow.


OP here...the tone of the kid's voice and the laugh was actually in a demeaning way.


Why was the kid wearing a Haycock shirt during a "youth athletic event"? Wouldn't the kids have uniforms?
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2014 16:17     Subject: Re:Kids are snarky too
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:First situation sounds like a put-down. Second situation sounds like an observation.


I guess it depends on the tone. From my perspective, when my DS left his base school for the AAP center, I gave away all the t-shirts from his base school. I didn't want to deal with anyone asking why he was still wearing them. At the time I told myself I was overthinking it, but maybe not.


Jesus. Are you for real? As first PP said, DAFUQ?

You're really hung up on this AAP thing and believe it to be special or an accomplishment or something, I take it?
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2014 16:16     Subject: Re:Kids are snarky too
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:First situation sounds like a put-down. Second situation sounds like an observation.


I guess it depends on the tone. From my perspective, when my DS left his base school for the AAP center, I gave away all the t-shirts from his base school. I didn't want to deal with anyone asking why he was still wearing them. At the time I told myself I was overthinking it, but maybe not.


Would it have been bad to be associated with the base school?
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2014 16:15     Subject: Kids are snarky too
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So I reported a few months ago that I attended an Odyssey of the Mind awards ceremony and when South Lakes High school won an award, the Indian kids from TJ who sat in front of me remarked "is that a high school?" and then laughed.

Well today, I was at a youth athletic event and one of the kids had on a loud tie dyed "Haycock Elementary" t shirt. One kid made fun of him and said he actually goes to Lemon Road now.

Parents got to have some influence on this self perceived elitist behavior.



I could see the second example being not mean. If a man was with the Cowboys and then was with the Redskins, and he wore his old Cowboys shirt, it would be a little funny to say, "Uh, you are actually with the Redskins now." I don't see your example meaning that the child was making fun of him as in his education was downgraded somehow.


OP here...the tone of the kid's voice and the laugh was actually in a demeaning way.
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2014 16:14     Subject: Re:Kids are snarky too
Anonymous wrote:OP, you do know that mean snarky kids exist everywhere.

They are not the sole property of Haycock AAP and TJ.


OP here...duh.

It's just a title. I presented two examples that are appropriate to the AAP forum.
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2014 15:52     Subject: Re:Kids are snarky too
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:First situation sounds like a put-down. Second situation sounds like an observation.


I guess it depends on the tone. From my perspective, when my DS left his base school for the AAP center, I gave away all the t-shirts from his base school. I didn't want to deal with anyone asking why he was still wearing them. At the time I told myself I was overthinking it, but maybe not.


Maybe with the World Cup coming the kids could emulate the soccer players and start trading t-shirts from different schools at the end of academic competitions.
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2014 14:22     Subject: Kids are snarky too
Anonymous wrote:So I reported a few months ago that I attended an Odyssey of the Mind awards ceremony and when South Lakes High school won an award, the Indian kids from TJ who sat in front of me remarked "is that a high school?" and then laughed.


That is absolutely impossible. I have it on the best authority from another thread that bullies do not exist at TJ.

/s
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2014 14:21     Subject: Re:Kids are snarky too
Anonymous wrote:First situation sounds like a put-down. Second situation sounds like an observation.


I guess it depends on the tone. From my perspective, when my DS left his base school for the AAP center, I gave away all the t-shirts from his base school. I didn't want to deal with anyone asking why he was still wearing them. At the time I told myself I was overthinking it, but maybe not.
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2014 13:52     Subject: Re:Kids are snarky too
First situation sounds like a put-down. Second situation sounds like an observation.
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2014 10:26     Subject: Kids are snarky too
Anonymous wrote:So I reported a few months ago that I attended an Odyssey of the Mind awards ceremony and when South Lakes High school won an award, the Indian kids from TJ who sat in front of me remarked "is that a high school?" and then laughed.

Well today, I was at a youth athletic event and one of the kids had on a loud tie dyed "Haycock Elementary" t shirt. One kid made fun of him and said he actually goes to Lemon Road now.

Parents got to have some influence on this self perceived elitist behavior.



I could see the second example being not mean. If a man was with the Cowboys and then was with the Redskins, and he wore his old Cowboys shirt, it would be a little funny to say, "Uh, you are actually with the Redskins now." I don't see your example meaning that the child was making fun of him as in his education was downgraded somehow.
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2014 00:03     Subject: Re:Kids are snarky too
OP, you do know that mean snarky kids exist everywhere.

They are not the sole property of Haycock AAP and TJ.
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2014 23:51     Subject: Kids are snarky too
I'm sure they learned how to be an asshole from their parents.
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2014 23:50     Subject: Re:Kids are snarky too
Dafuq?
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2014 23:47     Subject: Kids are snarky too
So I reported a few months ago that I attended an Odyssey of the Mind awards ceremony and when South Lakes High school won an award, the Indian kids from TJ who sat in front of me remarked "is that a high school?" and then laughed.

Well today, I was at a youth athletic event and one of the kids had on a loud tie dyed "Haycock Elementary" t shirt. One kid made fun of him and said he actually goes to Lemon Road now.

Parents got to have some influence on this self perceived elitist behavior.