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06.16.08, 16:00 PM New York City
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There are 3 real/honest reasons why a DC will go to zoned public 1) DC has behavioral issues, 2) DC is not-so-smart, 3) parents can't afford private [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
New York City 06.16.08, 04:00 PM Flag
 

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That is bs and you know it. Many parents chose a zoned school for their dc. Why do you have to try to make yourself feel better by denigrating others and their choices? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:01 PM Flag
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No-one will choose PS199 over Trinity, or PS6 over Chapin. No-one who can afford it and her DC is smart/social enough to get in [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:03 PM Flag
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They might not apply to private at all and thus they have chosen 199 or 6. My dc is going to private and I would not presume that people who made different choices than I have a child who cannot get in. You are trying to stir things up. It is a ridiculous thing to say that people who choose a zoned public do so because they have no choice. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:10 PM Flag
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wrong. some people simply do not want private school even if they can afford it. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.23.08, 11:46 AM Flag
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You got that right! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 02.16.09, 09:55 AM Flag
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I can afford it and I CHOOSE not to. Why? Because I'm afraid of sending DCs to schools where we have moms that post holier-than-thou comments like this. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 02.16.09, 04:04 PM Flag
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how about the idea that some people believe in the idea of public education and want to be part of making it better ? you're an ass... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:01 PM Flag
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No-one believes that crap. You just say that to make yourself feel better [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:02 PM Flag
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OK... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:03 PM Flag
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Lets see, neither my dh or I have to work another day (no one knows this, we live a very modest life), we chose a great general ed school for our dc (who tests pretty high and is a delight). Now, I realize we are an exception - but we are an exception to your idiotic assesment of public school parents and children in nyc. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:07 PM Flag
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My statement was for ZONED publics..Is your great tester in a Zoned public? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:09 PM Flag
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yes, that is what is aka "general ed" [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:10 PM Flag
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I guess your DC was not smart enough for "selective" public [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:29 PM Flag
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actually dc was, but we CHOSE to send elsewhere. Why do you insist on making such a jackass out of yourself? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:31 PM Flag
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np: Because people with low esteem cannot understand why anyone wouldn't choose what others tell them is better. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 05:19 PM Flag
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nnp: That is unfair. OP could have high self esteem but just be dim witted. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.23.08, 11:52 AM Flag
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lol [ Reply | More
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General Topics 02.16.09, 07:19 PM Flag
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?? you're crazy. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 02.16.09, 07:00 PM Flag
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One reason people go to zoned public schools is that they don't do the research on how NYC public schools really are. The dumbed-down curriuculum taught at PS 199 and Ps 6 is the same as that taught to the worst preforming schools in the ghettoes. NYC public schools have done a miserable job at educating for the past 40 years, and 6 years of mayoral control has not measurably improved things. Catholic schools do 100 times better at a small fraction of the cost. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 02.16.09, 09:52 AM Flag
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or 4) parents have enough money to live in a good school zone or 5) parents don't have enough money to live in a good zone [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:02 PM Flag
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not so smart kids with behavioral issues are much better of in private, even without $$ on FA [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:02 PM Flag
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Good privates counsel-out such DCs in a year. Publics are stuck with them [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:04 PM Flag
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so are you a miserable parent with a screwed up child or a teacher in a ublic school who feels she deserves to be teaching at dalton ? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:07 PM Flag
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You must have never worked in one. Behavioral issues abound in private...and then those kids end up at Columbia University and are hospitalized for mental health issues because of their freak parents. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:09 PM Flag
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as a CU grad with normal parents I take offense... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:10 PM Flag
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But you MUST admit that most that are there are freaks with freak parents. They let a few regular folks in each year...you must be one of them. :) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:11 PM Flag
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I think it's odd you feel this way... I never knew that many freaks there and heard more tales and saw more weirdness at Harvard & Cornell... CU has artsy kids who want to be in the city and smart kids who want to be where 'the action" is, but I didn't think we had more "freaks"... you must be kidding and I'm falling for it... again... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:15 PM Flag
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No. I worked there. CRAZINESS. Most kids go through things just fine...and then there are those who are that WEIRD crazy...not goth kids or kids on drugs...just slightly evil ones. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:35 PM Flag
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you must be talking about my roommate... the one who moved the piano into our freshman double... she left after the first semester. he was the only evil one. It's safe to go back. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:37 PM Flag
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you sound like you must be a psych professor or someone high-up in the Sociology dept... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:42 PM Flag
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This is a really strange thread. I met my share of unusual people at Columbia, but they were NOTHING compared to my messed up friends at NYU or the country club stepford freaks at places like Princeton. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.23.08, 11:42 AM Flag
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Having taught at all three institutions, I will second this. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.23.08, 12:08 PM Flag
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"Offensive" is the nicest thing to say about this, you should be ashamed. EVERY behavioral issue and most not-so-smart kids in my kid's preschool are going to privates. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:05 PM Flag
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Not in good privates like Dalton I bet...maybe the likes of Dwight or Trevor or BWL [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:08 PM Flag
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Actually 1 kid who was twice referred to OT for behavior issues and 1 class bully (how about, among other things, a 4 year old who punched 3 other boys in the eye) are going to Dalton. Both with connections. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:14 PM Flag
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You should equally be ashamed. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:11 PM Flag
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You disgust me, and everyone should recoil at this statement. All those people in West, NJ, LI, Ct who happily send their kids to good public schools are no different that people in NYC who choose to do so. With this narcissistic, self-important and denigrating attitude you better hope your children learn their morals from their school or peers and not from you. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:11 PM Flag
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this is the kind of woman who is happy when bad things happen to other people and who sits in the seats for handicapped and elderly passengers on the bus not making eye contact when the elderly and handicapped need the seat... she's a bitch... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:17 PM Flag
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Oh, THANK YOU for your wisdom. I'm running now to tell the families at our selective public school who are wealthy enough to afford private, to pull their children out IMMEDIATELY. They shouldn't be sending their kids to our school. I'm certain they didn't realize the error of their ways!!!!! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:16 PM Flag
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OP: My post is about ZONED, NOT selective publics [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:27 PM Flag
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NP: There are good zoned publics. Parents often move for them--I know we did. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:29 PM Flag
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your post is about bs. There are great zoned schools 41, 234,6 - filled with bright, wealthy well behaved children. And those are ONLY the ones I have persoanl experience with. I'm sure there are others. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:30 PM Flag
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Oh well then... nevermind... we all take back our horror, shock, and revulsion... you're cool now... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:31 PM Flag
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lol [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:32 PM Flag
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PS6 you idiot? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:34 PM Flag
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love their street fair at PS6 [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:39 PM Flag
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ITA [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 04:38 PM Flag
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Why are you guys even responding to this statement? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 05:16 PM Flag
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I know, op is clearly miserable with herself and her money is her security blanket. Try WW and stick to it. So transparent. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.23.08, 11:29 AM Flag
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Nah, just looks like a troll to me. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.23.08, 12:09 PM Flag
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ITA. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.23.08, 06:52 PM Flag
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so not true. many many rich kids at 290 - parents don't think private is remotely worth the money. I know for a fact. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.23.08, 11:52 AM Flag
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OP is obviously bored today and strying to stir stuff up. Nobody could actually believe this, no matter how stupid/rich/venal... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.23.08, 12:11 PM Flag
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OP posted over a month ago and is probably long gone. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.23.08, 05:40 PM Flag
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I disagree with item 2. There are plenty of smart kids who enroll in kindergarten at their zoned school. It's just that after a few years in NYC public schools, they become not so smart. The reason you leave out is that many parents who drink the PS199 or PS6 kool aid don't stop to examine how dreadful their schools really are. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 02.16.09, 09:55 AM Flag
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I can't believe so many of you justified this idiots comment by responding. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 02.16.09, 04:07 PM Flag
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huh? i went to zoned public. my parents could easily afford private. i got all A's. I know SO many kids just like me. I know several multimillionaires with smart kids who go to their zoned public. no behavioral issues whatsoever. some people want to go to a neighborhood school, and some of them are excellent. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 02.16.09, 04:38 PM Flag
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This OP is just stirring up trouble- he/she probably does not even have kids. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 02.16.09, 06:02 PM Flag
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I know a TT-alum who has serious money and whom you've heard of, but they are sending their dc to zoned public simply bc that's what she did for lower school before transferring to private. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 02.16.09, 06:34 PM Flag
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I think too many people who CAN'T afford private are sending their kids there and overreaching to spend 70,000 for two dcs per year in school...they could, instead, send their children to public and spend half as much on extra curricular activities and financial security to benefit their dcs in the long run [ Reply | More
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General Topics 02.16.09, 06:40 PM Flag
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yep [ Reply | More
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General Topics 02.16.09, 06:42 PM Flag
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hey troll, shaddap! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 02.16.09, 06:43 PM Flag
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of course can't afford is a reason. also the reason people don't live in places as nice as they'd like. and the reason people work 2 jobs -- because they can't afford not to. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 02.16.09, 08:11 PM Flag
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Thank you OP, for putting us PS parents in our proper places. Next time we catch ourselves being inappropriately happy in our miserable lives, we'll be sure to remember you words of wisdom and go back to wishing we were you. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 02.16.09, 08:45 PM Flag
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OP- I really hope you are not a Private School parent (or a public school one for that matter) because I was just celebrating my PS acceptance until I came across this post (and a few others) and I really do not want to spend 30K+ to be with parents who think like you. I am going to get off of UB NOW and pray that you are big FAKE stirring up trouble. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 02.16.09, 09:47 PM Flag
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