Anonymous
03/17/2013 15:43
Subject: Beauvoir vs. St. Pat's, Beauvoir vs. GDS, Beauvoir vs. Key School, Beavoir vs. Sidwell posts
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:17:46, you are absolutely nuts. If I were choosing a school this year, you might single-handedly drive me away from Beauvoir.
I don't think any people reading or posting on this thread ( including you by your own admission) are people with any stake.
There are people who like to spread gossip, and people who like to challenge the spreading of stereotypes.
Most parents applying to Private school do not even read DCUM, parents of admitted children even less so.
This thread and many others are just echo chambers. The idea that a parent would "driven away from a school" based on what they read here, is laughable.
Willing to wager that this is 17:46.
Anonymous
03/17/2013 12:54
Subject: Beauvoir vs. St. Pat's, Beauvoir vs. GDS, Beauvoir vs. Key School, Beavoir vs. Sidwell posts
Anonymous wrote:17:46, you are absolutely nuts. If I were choosing a school this year, you might single-handedly drive me away from Beauvoir.
I don't think any people reading or posting on this thread ( including you by your own admission) are people with any stake.
There are people who like to spread gossip, and people who like to challenge the spreading of stereotypes.
Most parents applying to Private school do not even read DCUM, parents of admitted children even less so.
This thread and many others are just echo chambers. The idea that a parent would "driven away from a school" based on what they read here, is laughable.
Anonymous
03/16/2013 22:50
Subject: Beauvoir vs. St. Pat's, Beauvoir vs. GDS, Beauvoir vs. Key School, Beavoir vs. Sidwell posts
Anonymous wrote:17:46, you are absolutely nuts. If I were choosing a school this year, you might single-handedly drive me away from Beauvoir.
Right. I was basically with 17:46 until that last graph when the poster just drove right over the cliff, Thelma and Louise style. FWIW, I infer most folks who reference "the culture" are talking about two points: first, the single sex schools and, second, wealth and privilege. 17:46, you sanely started your post about the many families at Beauvoir, including "many high profile families." The definition of high profile usually includes wealth, privilege, and status.
While there are some families who prefer for their kids' school to be wholly secular, I think if they were posting in these threads, they would just say/ask that. And folks do on occasion: "How much chapel is there at NPS?" "What role does the Episcopal Church play at St. Pat's or Beauvoir?" "How Quaker is Sidwell?"
For OP, based on some parents I've met through my kids' school, I think there are a few out there who do come here with questions. DC is their first born, they've lived successful lives, and they are panicked about making a mistake. A kid can have a bad experience, but, by and large, these are all great schools and no kid's life will be ruined if they spend four years at Beauvoir, St Pat's or GDS.
Anonymous
03/16/2013 19:22
Subject: Re:Beauvoir vs. St. Pat's, Beauvoir vs. GDS, Beauvoir vs. Key School, Beavoir vs. Sidwell posts
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:In theory, what PP's are saying about 64 Beauvoir admits driving the thread traffic sounds plausible, but in reality that is just a theory and it does not play out in real life.
Why ? In real life, not that many people applying to Private school even read DCUM. The accepted families, less so.
In real life, yes, Beauvoir has 64 spots for Pre-K, but in my personal experience of prior years most of those spots go to sibs,alums,teachers kids and "high priority candidates" These people have made up their mind long ago. For some, shortly after their children were born. Beauvoir has many high profile families. These are not the kid of people to come on DCUM and publicly wring their hands about what do we, "the people" think about the vibe at Beauvoir? They are grown ups. Their child has a school . They're done. It was most likely not even a "process" for them it was a phone call. Done. Over. Next.
In DC's class of 64 kids a few years ago, about 5 families had absolutely no connection to the school. Not a lot of deliberating going on there. So, why 3 or 4 Beauvoir threads ?
Someone has Beauvoir on the brain, but its unlikely the admitted families.
So, no, I don't believe all of these threads which start off with something gossipy as a prompt like," so, parent welcomes are over, what were your impressions ?" are anything more than pot stirring, inuendo , such as the veiled references to "the culture" at Cathedral schools "later on". There is a Christian Cathedral attached to these schools. When PP's make comments like " the culture" at the school later on "may not be a good one for your family", make no mistake, that is inuendo for mocking a whole host of Christian religions. Its a very ugly tactic. THe Episcopal church is egalitarian and universal in its acceptance of all faiths, it deserves better than that.
CRAZY :-o
Actually, not crazy at all. I've had to do some social marketing myself, and I've been involved with it at the corporate level, and the upshot of my own experience is that I wouldn't be surprised at all if some "low man on the AD totem poll" weren't trying to get a reaction to an open house or put his/her school in a good light. Plus DCUM's wack-job religion haters dive-bomb any and all possible targets for their pent-up venom, sort of like the parasites they are. And we all know about DCUM's all-purpose trolls who live (because, let's face it, they don't have real lives) to stir the pot.
There are lots of people who are happy to be a part of a fake thread. Lots of sad, pathetic people. PP isn't crazy to suspect this. Unfortunately!