Anonymous wrote:What is going on With this thread? Juniata is a good small private liberal arts school! Why is everyone hating on it?
I went to a Juniata-like school in the Midwest and it was indeed a soft landing spot between home and adulthood. I needed NOT to be around the sort of grade grubbing and status obsessed kids I went to my fancy high school with. It really worked out for me and I credit the fact that the faculty were happy and so was I… so I could grow academically and socially.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:People who denigrate schools like Juniata are status-obsessed dickheads. Plain and simple.
My kid does not go there but I know kids that do. They are bright. And doing well. And their parents love the experience they're having.
So if you're a status-obsessed dickhead, i say SCREW YOU.
PP coming in with the passion! Bring it, PP!
These impassioned defenses of Juniata would be more impactful if every one of them didn't start with some variation of, "I went to a much better school than Juniata, and so did my spouse and kids, but I still think it's the most amazing place in the world for the right kid! (Read: one who's far less smart than mine.)"
Anonymous wrote:I come from a rankings-obsessed circle. My kid got into “elite” schools (Williams, etc.), my spouse attended a T5, and I went to a T15. And I will never, ever understand people’s need to denigrate schools like Juniata.
I absolutely love schools like this. They are special. They give a lot of personalized attention to kids who are brimming with potential, helping them discover their path with the full support of a close community. If I were to teach, it would be at a place like this.
I don’t know anyone who attends/attended Juniata, but I’ve enjoyed learning about it, and I appreciate posters who shared their experiences — especially when it was all but guaranteed that some weirdo was would come out of the woodwork and insult them. (Again: why?)
And for the record, if I had to choose between spending my days with the folks who posted helpfully and in good faith, or the person who juuuust can’t help but scratch that itch to insult…well, I know which I’d choose.
Anonymous wrote:Wow, someone has a real hate boner for Juniata.
Anonymous wrote:It’s not well known or even heard of.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There are several posters who are just obsessed with this no name college, and it doesn’t make any sense. So your kid goes there, great. That doesn’t make it Harvard.
Ah, he showed up. So we're only allowed to like and to talk about our kid's school if it's Harvard, even in response to a direct question. That's what you think? Would make for a not-very-useful forum!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:People who denigrate schools like Juniata are status-obsessed dickheads. Plain and simple.
My kid does not go there but I know kids that do. They are bright. And doing well. And their parents love the experience they're having.
So if you're a status-obsessed dickhead, i say SCREW YOU.
PP coming in with the passion! Bring it, PP!
These impassioned defenses of Juniata would be more impactful if every one of them didn't start with some variation of, "I went to a much better school than Juniata, and so did my spouse and kids, but I still think it's the most amazing place in the world for the right kid! (Read: one who's far less smart than mine.)"
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:People who denigrate schools like Juniata are status-obsessed dickheads. Plain and simple.
My kid does not go there but I know kids that do. They are bright. And doing well. And their parents love the experience they're having.
So if you're a status-obsessed dickhead, i say SCREW YOU.
PP coming in with the passion! Bring it, PP!
Anonymous wrote:People who denigrate schools like Juniata are status-obsessed dickheads. Plain and simple.
My kid does not go there but I know kids that do. They are bright. And doing well. And their parents love the experience they're having.
So if you're a status-obsessed dickhead, i say SCREW YOU.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I come from a rankings-obsessed circle. My kid got into “elite” schools (Williams, etc.), my spouse attended a T5, and I went to a T15. And I will never, ever understand people’s need to denigrate schools like Juniata.
I absolutely love schools like this. They are special. They give a lot of personalized attention to kids who are brimming with potential, helping them discover their path with the full support of a close community. If I were to teach, it would be at a place like this.
I don’t know anyone who attends/attended Juniata, but I’ve enjoyed learning about it, and I appreciate posters who shared their experiences — especially when it was all but guaranteed that some weirdo was would come out of the woodwork and insult them. (Again: why?)
And for the record, if I had to choose between spending my days with the folks who posted helpfully and in good faith, or the person who juuuust can’t help but scratch that itch to insult…well, I know which I’d choose.
So it's good for kids who can't handle life and need mommy and daddy stand ins.
See, and that’s why I like the good faith posters. This just isn’t a good faith response.
Right? I like smaller schools for my child. She needs some extra support while gaining independence/spreading her wings. Call it mommy and daddy stand ins if you must. Not everyone matures at the same pace.
I attended one of those higher level academic schools, but it was a very self contained campus and a bit of a cocoon, with only 3600 students at the time. I managed to graduate and move out on my own at 21. It doesn't hurt to have that buffer between mom and dad's house and real life. It doesn't mean you're a loser in any way. It's just a soft landing between those stages in life.