Much like I could write an entire blog devoted to the antics of our UPS man….who, by the way, pulled into the the slot next to me at Sonic the other day……I so badly wanted to point out to him that he needed to take note of how the carhops do not throw his order at him. Or leave it on the curb and point to it. Grrr….
Let’s see….where was I going with this….oh, right.
Much like I could write an entire blog dedicated to the antics of our UPS man, I could also keep one on the topic of private school admissions. (Andrew I both had great public school experiences, but our current public elementary is not an option) It seems that every open house I have been to, some parent has asked some ridiculous question.
Open House #1: While visiting the computer lab at school #1, a couple asked if the computers were PC’s or Macs. The high school student giving the tour replied that the lab was on PC’s. The parents then replied “oh, well then we are going to go then.” and left. Alrighty then. Apparently that was quite the deal breaker.
Open House #2: Parent asked if School #2 could guarantee their child’s placement in an Ivy League school. (Why, yes, at 4 years old, we can guarantee that your child will get into Harvard) And then parent went on the say “well, we can at least assume they won’t end up at a state school, right?” um….excuse me……..
Open House #3: After school tour, family walks up to admissions director and asks which are the best museums in the area? They would like to spend the afternoon at one. Same family played chess while waiting for their child to finish his interview. Eye roll.
Open House #4: School #4 has a mandatory Kindergarten readiness test to verify the student is ready to start versus being held back a year. Parent raises hand and asks if since he knows his daughter is ready, does she have to take the test. Seriously, people.
I will say this – I wasted the better part of an afternoon one day reading about this process in DC and New York private schools…..and it made the Dallas process look like a cakewalk. Apparently, it is a whole different ballgame there. Parents were discussing if they should have their child retake their IQ test since they only scored in the top 97% percentile….when they really felt their child should have scored in the 99th. (who says this stuff??!)
Or, another parent who said their first child scored in the 99.9 %, but their second child “bombed” it and landed in the 96%. Now their dreams of a top school are crushed. (these crazed DC parents insist that your child must score in the top 3% of the nation to be accepted to a top private school…..yikes!)
And then there is the parent whose child scored in the 99%, but was worried about her admission chances because they would not consider their child to be overly gifted or talented. “She is reading 6 grade levels above her age, but she sings off-key and can only stick with chess for 10 minutes.” Yep, we are still talking about 4 year olds here.
That is all.
Just kidding, dad. He smiles at you, too.
….did.not.stop.crying…..for 14 months. But wouldn’t change a thing about my sweet Katie – Another completely perfect blessing)
