Anonymous wrote:We were horrified to learn (after the fact, of course), that our 3 year old got so intense about the application process that she actually paid someone else to take the WPPSI in her place. I don't know why the tester didn't notice that when my DD went to the bathroom prior to test start she returned a full 2 feet taller, but she didn't. Obviously "she" scored very well. She was accepted at a Big 3 for PK. We were thrilled.

Little did we know her ENTIRE LIFE was a lie. She came home sobbing and revealed her elaborate deception to us prior to the parent teacher conference. She was terrified that her teacher would reveal that she was simply pretending to read War and Peace and couldn't relay any substantive information about the Rostov family when asked. We are now highly suspicious that she is not actually fluent in Mandarin as a result of her weekend coursework and is simply making up gibberish.

Our shame knows no bounds. Thank goodness for the purgative wonderland of this thread, OP. I feel much better now.

Anonymous wrote:We seriously cannot afford it -- but we do it anyway. And F the annual auction.

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Anonymous wrote:When my kids were in private schools, sometimes I sewed things for the auction because we don't have a summer house to donate a week in, or depression-era glassware just lying around waiting to be donated, like so many others at the school.

OK, WAY off topic, but this line caught my eye.

Please tell me this stuff is not valuable. Because I have boxes of it from DH's grandmother that I'd love to trash.

It won't put your kids through college. But it's certainly acceptable as a "collectible" donation to the auction.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When my kids were in private schools, sometimes I sewed things for the auction because we don't have a summer house to donate a week in, or depression-era glassware just lying around waiting to be donated, like so many others at the school.

OK, WAY off topic, but this line caught my eye.

Please tell me this stuff is not valuable. Because I have boxes of it from DH's grandmother that I'd love to trash.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When my kids were in private schools, sometimes I sewed things for the auction because we don't have a summer house to donate a week in, or depression-era glassware just lying around waiting to be donated, like so many others at the school.

OK, WAY off topic, but this line caught my eye.

Please tell me this stuff is not valuable. Because I have boxes of it from DH's grandmother that I'd love to trash.

Anonymous wrote:When my kids were in private schools, sometimes I sewed things for the auction because we don't have a summer house to donate a week in, or depression-era glassware just lying around waiting to be donated, like so many others at the school.