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06.22.08, 19:30 PM NY Schools
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I believe, and have believed during the whole process, that karma is a bitch. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
NY Schools 06.22.08, 07:30 PM Flag
 

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explain. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:33 PM Flag
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op: All of these bitter moms. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:34 PM Flag
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np: easy for you to say, your child probably got into anderson. have some compassion. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:35 PM Flag
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Karma doesn't smile on entitlement. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:36 PM Flag
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op: We do not feel entitled. Just extremely lucky and happy. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:37 PM Flag
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That wasn't for you - it was for the NP [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:39 PM Flag
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op: Ok, thank you. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:40 PM Flag
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i don't feel entitled. i think it's just easy to say (and lucky) for op that she can from where she stands ... that's all. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:42 PM Flag
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^i had to turn down a spot, it was a horrible decision process...and i don't feel like i'm getting my "just desserts." i did nothing to deserve that, nor did dc [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:34 PM Flag
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We did too. I feel so bad. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 10:20 AM Flag
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ITA, mostly. Although there is one shut out family who I really, really feel for. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:33 PM Flag
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Well than karma smiled on me a teeny tiny bit. I am trying to believe that everything happens for a reason. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:34 PM Flag
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op: Me too. I was and still am truly supportive and happy for everyone. I only wish the best for everyone. We got our 1st choice school for dc (behind Hunter w/l). [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:35 PM Flag
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We had a horrendous process and wound up with a last minute lottery-related reprieve. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:36 PM Flag
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op: Congrats! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:37 PM Flag
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Thanks! The same to you! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:37 PM Flag
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So what you're saying is that because you're a wonderful person, your child got the best school? What a horribly entitled, back-patting thing to say. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:37 PM Flag
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op: Nope, not at all. I am just saying that through the whole process I was a "nice" person true from my heart. i did all I could do to help friends and truly wished evryone I know luck. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:39 PM Flag
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Well, me too - shared everything I knew about the process with everyone who asked - and we weren't as lucky as you. Can you explain that one? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:41 PM Flag
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op: Well, you are acting kind of bitter now. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:42 PM Flag
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You are unbelievable [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:45 PM Flag
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np: You don't seem very nice, honestly. Right now you seem insufferable and smug. People always want to believe that they deserve their good fortune and that others deserve to suffer. Just as people always underestimate the pain of others. It's not a pretty instinct. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 05:34 AM Flag
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Your karma will bite you in the ass during the college round -- beware [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 10:02 AM Flag
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NP: Karma isn't always paying attention? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:43 PM Flag
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Just b/c you didn't get your 1st or 2nd choice it doesn't mean Karma didn't smile on you. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:43 PM Flag
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I know this is really corny, but I really think some of our greatest gifts are unanswered prayers. Sometimes we never know why things work out the way that they do. Something tells me you're going to be thrilled with your school. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 08:11 PM Flag
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Look, I'm sure things will work out for us, and in the grand scheme of things we are, of course, lucky...but there is truly nothing more annoying than being lectured about karma by someone who got exactly what she wanted, and is crediting it to being such a great person. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 08:15 PM Flag
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Fair enough. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 08:17 PM Flag
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nicely, put. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 05:34 AM Flag
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np-- karma is real. get ready. yours is not looking so good. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 08:21 PM Flag
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Well, we're Christian, so we don't believe in Karma. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:03 AM Flag
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karma is the law of cause and effect- has nothing to do whether you are a Christian or not [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 08:19 AM Flag
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Only the upper middle class could believe in instant karma. Get out and see the world and then tell me that people who suffer got what was coming to them. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 08:16 AM Flag
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well said. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 08:22 AM Flag
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We all have free will and if we don't like what we are experiencing- we can work to improve the situation. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 08:23 AM Flag
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^^NP. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 08:30 AM Flag
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General Topics 06.23.08, 08:31 AM Flag
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That should have been NP? I was the OR, didn't write that post wondered if it was OP or NP. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 09:56 AM Flag
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Yes, but bad things happen to good people, too. Look at all the locallly built schools in China that collapsed while the hotels and private schools on either side didn't have a crack. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 08:57 AM Flag
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But wouldn't school placement be the child's karma not the parents? Is it the kids you feel got their comeuppance? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 09:55 AM Flag
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Then you're misdefining karma. Karma is an individual problem--ie, if the parent behaved badly, the parent would reap the bad karma. If the child is going to have a bad school year because of the parents' behavior, that's not karma. A person can only incur their own karma. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 10:47 AM Flag
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So why did so many nasty people get good schools, and so many nice people get shut out? You have a weird definition of karma. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 10:47 AM Flag
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