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07.02.08, 08:42 AM NY Schools
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If I were an Anderson parent, I would post no info about the school here. There is so much envy and competition afoot among the bitter parents that people are looking for things to bring down the school. We are applying next year, but have df with kids at trinity, and they are very smart about leaking anything on these message boards. every school can be criticized, but people need to be smart about opening up the school their dcs attend for attack. I think the anderson moms in their enthusiasm for the school are doing it a disservice. They need to quiet down and just go about the business of educating their kids. even bragging to playground friends does not seem advisable these days. neve see trinity moms bragging and giving lots of details about the school. opens up a firing squad IMO. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
NY Schools 07.02.08, 08:42 AM Flag
 

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I agree. I think there is one particular loose-lipped, chatty mom on this board. She's been blabbing ever since assignments came out. Yours is smart advice. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 08:45 AM Flag
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I think you are paranoid if you think it is one. I think there are people who have been doing this all year. Agree that it has heated up recently, and then dropped. Now they are bringing up stuff I have never heard of. These are likely people in the school already, and they are trying to hard to defend the school. they need to be quiet and let sleeping dogs lie. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 08:49 AM Flag
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Maybe I'm not paranoid enough if you think it's more than one! I just noticed one particularly cheerleaderish, naive mom posting over and over again. Or at least I thought it was one since the tone of each post was the same. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 08:53 AM Flag
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you are here way too much then. :-) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 09:33 AM Flag
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no doubt [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 07:06 PM Flag
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I honestly don't think those are all Anderson moms posting. They can't all be that dumb. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 08:50 AM Flag
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I have a theory that no actual anderson moms are posting -- they're all fakes. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 08:52 AM Flag
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I find this more believable than anything! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 08:57 AM Flag
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This can be said about pretty much any school, especially the city-wide G & T's and high-profile privates. Generally speaking, I think it's good advice to stay away from this board altogther (yet here I am...). [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 08:57 AM Flag
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I also think the non-Anderson moms (including you) should stop posting commenting about the Anderson moms. Hopefully this will end the madness. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 09:09 AM Flag
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I am not surprised the Trinity moms don't post. DS applied there last year; just before his interview I had my second baby, born at 32 weeks. I called Trinity and asked if I could reschedule DS' appointment because I had a newborn in Intensive Care. Trinity said 'no.' And this is supposed to be a place that cares about children? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 05:32 AM Flag
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np: What a disgusting way to deal with a potential incoming family. Isn't Trinity almost purely connections anyway? Did you guys have any connections there? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 05:42 AM Flag
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No connections, we just thought we would try. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 06:18 AM Flag
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So now it's the Anderson moms who are suddenly responsible for the idiocy that often is a hallmark of message boards like this one? That's certainly a novel approach! Maybe next week, the PS9 G&T moms will be the scapegoat. Or hey, how about all the TT moms? Or the Hunter Round 2 moms? Wait until it's your turn, OP. You'll be posting here about the endless frustration of the G&T application process. Good luck with the process next year. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 05:36 AM Flag
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I think you need to check yourself there, Anderson is the last choice for many of us. In your world of awful public schools it is probably a savior but for many any people it is just another horrible public school. Sorry. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 06:32 AM Flag
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What a vitriolic, poisonous witch. Please try to do something good with the rest of your day - save your soul - what can come of slinging mud at other parents or small children? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 06:58 AM Flag
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Oh but OP posting how all these other poor pathetic mommies who couldn't get their kids into this Anderson place and bash it because they know how superior it is, is NOT vitriolic and nasty? Consistency people, a little consistency please. Don't let your private school bitterness cloud your rational side. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 08:44 AM Flag
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Huh? You must have gone to public school since your reading comprehension and writing skills are obviously limited. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 08:48 AM Flag
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np. I sort of agree with her. OP pretty much says that people who criticize A are just bitter, jealous rejects. I don't see how that's less offensive than what the OR wrote. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 09:05 AM Flag
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First of all you read the words "jealous and rejects" into the OPs post. Second of all you agree that people shouldn't be bitter and jealous of Anderson because it sucks they really should be bitter and jealous of private schools, which is what the OR is saying. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 09:29 AM Flag
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Sorry, OP said "envy" not "jealousy." Same diff. And her "bitter parents" comment speaks clearly implies someone who wants to be at the school but isn't. I agree with OR's point that not everyone who criticizes A wishes they could be there, but I don't agree with her point that all publics are horrible and that everyone wishes they could go private. MY point was simply that the OR's post wasn't any more objectionable than the OP's. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 09:54 AM Flag
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They are both f**ed up. They should just mind their own business - neither one of them has a child at Anderson. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 10:03 AM Flag
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but we can comment of the craziness of posting all your laundry, dirty or clean here, no? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 03:30 PM Flag
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now, this is a pathetic post. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 08:31 AM Flag
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Hey, speak for yourself. DD is going to private, but I would have put her in Anderson in a heartbeat (if she had been accepted, of course)! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 09:14 AM Flag
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Oh please, there isn't a school that doesn't get bashed on UB. If you get upset log off. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 06:49 PM Flag
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Trinity moms don't post here because: 1. they aren't on UB; 2. they are too snobby; 3. they are so snobby and school is so much about status and social upper class conformity, that they can't see anything wrong with the school. Therea are exceptions, of course. Also, in general, private school moms post less disparaging comments about their schools than public school moms. Maybe they are terrified of getting outed and kicked out. Or maybe spending 30K a year makes you want to think the Kool Aid is tasty. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 06:58 PM Flag
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