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06.22.08, 09:18 AM NY Schools
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Recent pet peeves: teaching mandarin to over indulged, wealthy NYC toddlers (just in case), desperate hunter mom wanna bes homeschooling their kids until they get in off the w/l (just in case), UBers who always claim to know something about the inferiority of the OLSAT because their kids did not perform well, but are of course gifted; FA applicants who ask ways to game the system; racist posters and UES moms who sah and discuss how jealous everyone is that their kids are at TTs or are legs for TT schools. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
NY Schools 06.22.08, 09:18 AM Flag
 

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you suck [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 09:19 AM Flag
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np: why does she suck? I agree with many of these points. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 09:20 AM Flag
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Hi, I have a post below that this poster is referring to and I'm kind of glad that someone else stated what I was feeling. :) Thanks! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 09:22 AM Flag
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maybe you'd see a whole other world if you stopped ubing. this is a small snapshot of many ugly posters [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 09:19 AM Flag
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mine - '99s' whining how DC unfair it is they didn't H, A or N who have perfectly good other public or private options while others are stuck with really not good zoned publics. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 09:22 AM Flag
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ditto. the "I'm so depressed over___school" usually a top G&T. UGH! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 09:30 AM Flag
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Take it your dc didn't get 99s? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 12:03 PM Flag
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Actually i'm the "lucked out" poster below, but thanks for playing. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 12:09 PM Flag
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mine: the people below who say they had to move to washington heights in order to get enough space to stay in the city, and then complain about the schools there. we live in a 1 br apt with 2 dcs in a decent zone. many of us make do with less space in order to live here. if we needed more space, we would put our efforts into improving the local school. such is the trade off. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 11:15 AM Flag
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eh... i think it's valid to complain about the quality of schools in less expensive zones. unless you bought a million+ condo. i chose the one bedroom in the bad zone in a good district, and lucked out. You can try to help improved your zoned school even if DC don't attend (we donate books to ours, always spend $s at their fairs etc and if I can find next year I will tutor there). [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 11:54 AM Flag
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these are good ideas [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 01:55 PM Flag
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Is it ok to teach Mandarin to non-indulged middle-class NYC toddlers who happen to be Chinese? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 01:00 PM Flag
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yes. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 01:31 PM Flag
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but only from a nanny, not a class [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 01:34 PM Flag
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If you're middle class, you can't afford a nanny. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 03:57 PM Flag
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not really true [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 04:01 PM Flag
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only because new yorkers define middle class differently from the rest of the country. you can call yourself middle class but if you have a nanny you're at least upper middle class. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 05:51 AM Flag
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WTF is wrong with learning Mandarin? Is it any worse than learning Spanish or French or whatever language? Just bec it's an Asian language? You sound really racist. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 01:50 PM Flag
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no, its the fad aspect of it. nyers are like lemmings. someone says its a good idea, and everyone jumps all over it. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 02:30 PM Flag
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np: sounds a lot more difficult to me than learning french or spanish. Seems silly to send a toddler or preschooler to a class once/week for mandarin, or any language for that matter. Speaking a different language at home to your baby/toddler/preschooler sounds more useful. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 06:40 PM Flag
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mm aren't you assuming that everyone knows a second language they can speak to dc at home. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 07:40 AM Flag
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Mine: people who get any score above 95 and ask "if this oK? will Noah get into Trinity? will Maddie get FA at Brearly?" [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 01:54 PM Flag
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LOL. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 02:14 PM Flag
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Aww but 95, it's understandable. There are 97 and 98 moms who ask the same q'n. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 02:16 PM Flag
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or: they make me gag even more [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 02:18 PM Flag
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Terribly accurate. I may have a family, a household to manage, a business to run, parents to care for, a social life, and various interests/activities. But I spent MOST of my time and energy wishing I was a SAHM legacy at Dalton. Natch. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 03:59 PM Flag
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