Anonymous
Post 04/12/2022 19:51     Subject: Controversy at Deal
Anonymous wrote:We live in Petworth and my 6th grader who is 12 (October birthday) gets a ride to school every morning. What's the problem?

And to the OP, wtf!?


The problem is climate change. Please take transit or walk to you IB school.
Anonymous
Post 04/12/2022 19:26     Subject: Controversy at Deal
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Since we’re going to dump on Deal teachers, it would be nice if they would respond to my emails about my kid’s extra credit work.


Maybe the teacher decided to not count the extra credit because your child couldn’t take the initiative to handle it themselves.


DP here but if that's the case then the teacher should make the expectations clear and teach the student how to take the initiative, not retaliate against the student.


DP why are we coming up with hypothetical responses to hypothetical teachers in hypothetical situations
Anonymous
Post 04/12/2022 18:16     Subject: Controversy at Deal
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Since we’re going to dump on Deal teachers, it would be nice if they would respond to my emails about my kid’s extra credit work.


Maybe the teacher decided to not count the extra credit because your child couldn’t take the initiative to handle it themselves.


DP here but if that's the case then the teacher should make the expectations clear and teach the student how to take the initiative, not retaliate against the student.
Anonymous
Post 04/12/2022 14:26     Subject: Controversy at Deal
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Since we’re going to dump on Deal teachers, it would be nice if they would respond to my emails about my kid’s extra credit work.


Maybe it would be nice for you to land the helicopter and see if your kid could advocate for themselves. That’s part of the thing at Deal - teaching kids how to take responsibility for their own stuff. Are you going to be emailing college professors too? And please do respond with something like “DC can’t handle that” - that’s a a you problem, not the schools.


Completely disagree. Deal doesn’t teach kids how to be self-sufficient as it does to expose kids to rely on their parents as much. As a current teacher there, there are about 80% really good, kind, and loving parents. However, that other 20% are fire-breathing loudmouths who run the school from their political connections, insane demands of administrators and staff, to the unreasonable asks of teachers and even their own children. That 20% usually have the loudest voice and most power and make it miserable to teach there because they have the most sway over upper NW politics.

Regardless of whether the OP is a teacher or a parent, I’d argue that, from a current Deal teacher’s perspective, that’s the real controversy.


That's really too bad and I'm sorry you are dealing with that - genuinely. I'm sure these idiots make it really tough to teach at Deal and at a JKLM; we know a lot of them so we totally get it. In fact, these are the type of parents I'm dumping on - the ones who infantilize their children through high school. It does the kids a real disservice and they end up paying in college and in the workplace when mommy and daddy can't get them out of their shit.
Anonymous
Post 04/12/2022 09:17     Subject: Controversy at Deal
My DC graduated from Deal a year ago and we loved the school. Teachers were wonderful and my child learned so much. Of course it wasn’t perfect, but we all have very fond feelings for Deal. So sorry to hear about all the troubles there now. I hope it will level off soon. It has been a difficult few years.
Anonymous
Post 04/12/2022 08:17     Subject: Controversy at Deal
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Since we’re going to dump on Deal teachers, it would be nice if they would respond to my emails about my kid’s extra credit work.


Maybe it would be nice for you to land the helicopter and see if your kid could advocate for themselves. That’s part of the thing at Deal - teaching kids how to take responsibility for their own stuff. Are you going to be emailing college professors too? And please do respond with something like “DC can’t handle that” - that’s a a you problem, not the schools.


Completely disagree. Deal doesn’t teach kids how to be self-sufficient as it does to expose kids to rely on their parents as much. As a current teacher there, there are about 80% really good, kind, and loving parents. However, that other 20% are fire-breathing loudmouths who run the school from their political connections, insane demands of administrators and staff, to the unreasonable asks of teachers and even their own children. That 20% usually have the loudest voice and most power and make it miserable to teach there because they have the most sway over upper NW politics.

Regardless of whether the OP is a teacher or a parent, I’d argue that, from a current Deal teacher’s perspective, that’s the real controversy.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2022 10:28     Subject: Controversy at Deal
Anonymous wrote:Since we’re going to dump on Deal teachers, it would be nice if they would respond to my emails about my kid’s extra credit work.


Maybe the teacher decided to not count the extra credit because your child couldn’t take the initiative to handle it themselves.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2022 08:11     Subject: Controversy at Deal
Anonymous wrote:Since we’re going to dump on Deal teachers, it would be nice if they would respond to my emails about my kid’s extra credit work.


Maybe it would be nice for you to land the helicopter and see if your kid could advocate for themselves. That’s part of the thing at Deal - teaching kids how to take responsibility for their own stuff. Are you going to be emailing college professors too? And please do respond with something like “DC can’t handle that” - that’s a a you problem, not the schools.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2022 07:04     Subject: Controversy at Deal
Since we’re going to dump on Deal teachers, it would be nice if they would respond to my emails about my kid’s extra credit work.
Anonymous
Post 04/10/2022 19:56     Subject: Controversy at Deal
Try being trans!

See, I can just shout out random things too!
Anonymous
Post 04/10/2022 13:56     Subject: Controversy at Deal
Try being pregnant!
Anonymous
Post 04/10/2022 13:56     Subject: Controversy at Deal
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Op, how would your kids know any of this?


Yeah, OP is trolling.

I suspect she's a teacher.


Kinda sexist to thing she’s a a “she”. “Her” pronouns shouldn’t be assumed.


Deal Teacher:

I don’t know who this teacher is, but I kind of want to leave to. This year has been terrible.
Anonymous
Post 04/10/2022 12:06     Subject: Controversy at Deal
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Op, how would your kids know any of this?


Yeah, OP is trolling.

I suspect she's a teacher.


Kinda sexist to thing she’s a a “she”. “Her” pronouns shouldn’t be assumed.


I suspect they are a teacher.
Anonymous
Post 04/10/2022 11:36     Subject: Re:Controversy at Deal
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Chrissy is with Darren, but Darren was texting Gabby, so Chrissy told the teachers that Gabby was smoking pot in the bathroom, so the teachers put both Chrissy and Gabby in a restorative justice circle, but Gabby didn't forgive Chrissy.


But I thought Gabby and Brandon were together?


They WERE but then someone mistook Brandon for a 6th grader and gave him/his/he a swirly in the bathroom. Everyone found out about it and it drove Gabby back into Kyle’s arms. They were making out between classes, got caught up in a hall sweep and ended up in detention with the swirled AND the pantser and two kids still high from lunchtime.


any updates?


Ohmygod you didn't hear? So. Because Gabby was making out and therefore NOT WEARING HER MASK, Evie was like "oh wow she's not safe don't go around her ew." But Gabby is vaccinated but Edie isn't (wtf) so Gabby was like "omg I just need to live my life and make out with who I want and Evie why are you a judgemental hoebag you just want Kyle but I already gave him covid so there." So then Evie cried, they all when to Wholefoods and ate directly from the hot food bar and now everyone has mono.


LOL this thread is giving me life 😂😂😂
Signed, non-Deal 6th grade teacher
Anonymous
Post 04/10/2022 11:30     Subject: Controversy at Deal
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Op, how would your kids know any of this?


Yeah, OP is trolling.

I suspect she's a teacher.


Kinda sexist to thing she’s a a “she”. “Her” pronouns shouldn’t be assumed.