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06.03.08, 06:55 AM General Topics
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I think the G&T test scores on here are equivalent to the weight polls. Apparently, everyone in NYC is rail thin with brilliant children. Or there are some fibbers out there. Signed by someone who is not thin with children whose intelligence is in the normal range. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 06:55 AM Flag
 

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but did you have your kids tested? I would assume that only people who think their kids are gifted would have them tested [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 06:59 AM Flag
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OP: Nope. But, I have never seen one post where someone scored under 97. Nor have a seen a weight poll where someone weighed more than 130. So everyone who is tested is brilliant..and everyone with a scale is skinny? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 07:00 AM Flag
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I weigh 145--but I have kids who have scored 99 and 98--so either I am half fibbing or I am off balance [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 07:31 AM Flag
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but if you are 5'10" then you are just fine. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 07:47 AM Flag
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Nope, only 5'5". However, my BMI is in the normal range and I am pretty muscular, so only in NYC would I truly be considered "overweight" (but my kids are bright by all standards ;-) ) [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 07:54 AM Flag
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then you fall into the fine category in my book. :) and meet OPs original post. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 08:20 AM Flag
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my kid is gifted (IQ of about 145) and i am about 15 pounds overweight. just saying. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 07:33 AM Flag
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a lot of people think they are 15 pounds overweight on here, when they are in reality fine. Until you post your real height and weight for judgement, that is the reality. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 07:47 AM Flag
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as someone who has been 15 pounds thinner and has a wardrobe sitting in my closet that doesn't fit me to prove it, you'll just have to trust me on this. i am definitely 15 pounds overweight -- and at my ideal weight, i am not skinny at all. just completely average. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 07:51 AM Flag
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btw - how old are you? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 08:15 AM Flag
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42. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 08:25 AM Flag
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^^^^why? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 08:26 AM Flag
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np: a lot of people think their kids are gifted. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 07:00 AM Flag
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maybe the people who answer the weight polls are the thin ones and the overweight ones prefer not to answer [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 07:56 AM Flag
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OP: My point exactly. But it works on both polls. People who are thin and kids score well answer. Those who do not, do not answer...but it makes it appear that everyone is skinny and genius. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 08:22 AM Flag
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I'm obese and my kid is in one of the citywide G&Ts. (They did not give us the percentiles.) I think it is partly selection bias and partly who answers polls. I don't answer weight polls. I know what my issues are and the last thing I need or want is stale advice from strangers. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 08:04 AM Flag
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Ditto! [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 08:17 AM Flag
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Obese by whose standards? UB or the rest of the world? For example, I am short and a size 10. Obese by NYC standards. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 08:23 AM Flag
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if you are short, a size 10 is likely obese. the clothes are bigger than they used to be. a 10 of today is a 12-14 of my childhood [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 09:09 AM Flag
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OR: FWIW, I am mid training to run a marathon. Have always been a 10. Maybe I will be the first obese marathoner. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 09:10 AM Flag
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many who run the marathon are on the chunky side. its like the last heave ho effort. not sure why people cannot just be reasonable and not so extreme about everything [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 09:16 AM Flag
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OR: I agree I am chunky. No question about that one. That was not your statement. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 09:18 AM Flag
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Overweight, yes. Obese..hard to call. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 09:15 AM Flag
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I am obese by any standard of people who know what obese is. -or [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 09:34 AM Flag
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The citywide G&T tours were all done by parents with very normal/somewhat overweight body types. I felt right at home, as compared to the private school tours for nursery and ongoing, where clearly a criteria for tour guides was a waist no larger than size 2. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 08:31 AM Flag
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Except for Anderson. For some reason the folks at the OH I attended was a different kind of people than the ones I've seen at NEST, LL, or others. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 08:59 AM Flag
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How so? When I toured Anderson a few weeks ago I thought people were normal.. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 09:03 AM Flag
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you could tell they were much more affluent [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 09:11 AM Flag
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Funny - I didn't get that sense at all. But - I guess it's all relative since I am coming from an affluent preschool! [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 09:13 AM Flag
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Maybe I picked the wrong night. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 09:33 AM Flag
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I didn't go to the open house, I just did the tour once we got the scores [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 09:50 AM Flag
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seem less affluent to me. maybe its just the gritty, old NY factor. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 09:17 AM Flag
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I found the anderson moms to be on the older, frumpier side. slightly overweight+. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 09:10 AM Flag
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i don't think i'm frumpy...)-: [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 09:11 AM Flag
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not aimed at anyone in particular. btw, I don't see that as a negative. I am sure you are lovely. :) [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 09:14 AM Flag
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awwww -- a sweet UBer! [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.03.08, 09:23 AM Flag
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Are you people this shallow or maybe just insecure? Checking out parents' weight at open house and tours! [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.04.08, 09:08 AM Flag
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