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I am going to get flamed but here we go, schools process is stressful for everyone no matter your position. Dh and I legacy at two TTs and everyone is snippy, sour and waiting for us to fail which is more than possible. Sucks.
52 replies [ Reply | Watch | MoreWhich just goes to show that it does matter whether you went to a TT school...maybe you are more sensitive to it because you've bought into the hype?
[ Reply | More ]Exactly what I mean, that comment says it all. Always a backhanded comment from someone. People who did not go to TT buy into it, my comment is not that we will die if DC does not get in, it is the way people are practically cheering for it to happen.
[ Reply | More ]This is a total "stroke me" complaint...just like when an obviously pretty girl complains about people telling her she's pretty or treating her like an object. You are just looking for validation when you whine like this. Have some dignity. If you need a compliment, just ask for one--don't try to get it out of people by "complaining" about your privileged life. Pathetic in a big way.
[ Reply | More ]Complaining that you are pretty and people treating to "too well" is a lot different than saying it hurts when your child
[ Reply | More ]No its not a stroke me comment. Saying people treating you well because you are pretty is different than saying people are unnecessarily mean toward you and your child daily because they are hoping you don't get something they want. It is very different. You know that but it sounds like you too are just bitter and jealous
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NP -- uh, NO. Maybe you need to criticize because you are jealous? My family has a connection at a school and we are stressed too, OP you have my sympathy. Having a connection is like being the chess wiz, everyone EXPECTS you to win, and in some ways the stress is higher.
[ Reply | More ]Thank you, we don't feel like dc is smarter than any other it has to do with us it is like the parents are hoping that we don't get in. And, let me remind everyone, if we do get in it will only ever be because we are 'connected' and dc is a dolt.
[ Reply | More ]of course parents are hoping you won't get in. there are a limited number of spots and if you don't get in their dc has a better chance.
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Is your other point that you are connected? Obviously that helps. Schools even say so. That doesn't imply that your dc is a dolt but it does mean they have an advantage so if there are two equal dcs, yours and an unconnected, yours would more likely get in. Of course the unconnected parents resent that.
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that person is a stranger to you and wouldn't have said anything if you hadn't posted this. unless you tell people you are legacies they don't know. so it seems you could have avoided everyone knowing by not talking about the process so much.
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The process was completely unstressful for us last year. We're in a zone where we could live with the public school, DC got into half the schools we applied to, and a good G&T. There wasn't a stressful point during the whole thing.
[ Reply | More ]snippy and sour is probably true,as it is behavior you can see. waiting for you to fail? you have no idea what's in the heads of other people. i would assume your child will get in
[ Reply | More ]You assume that because you hear the rumors spread by all the people in new york city who want just another excuse as to why it is so hard to get into schools: because dumb connected kids get in. Just not true. Our two schools only allowed a few connected families in a year, all of them qualified, and if they can't cut it they are counseled out like everyone else
[ Reply | More ]my point was that i wouldn't be "waiting for you to fail." if in fact your child didn't get in, i wouldn't be happy in any way. i'm not sure why you're so bothered by the false impressions people have. ok so i thought your child had more of a shot than he/she does. i do know sibs and legs who have gotten dinged, and the the children are fantastic. what i'm trying to say is that i know this process is stressful for you, and i hope you don't make it harder on yourself by concerning yourself with what other people think of you
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