For anyone still at a loss for why people hate the rich, allow me to introduce Nicole Imprescia. She's an Upper East Side mom suing the York Avenue Preschool - a preschool her 4-year old daughter attended for all of three weeks - for "pretty much destroying her daughter's Ivy League dreams."
The suit, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, notes that "getting a child into the Ivy League starts in nursery school" and says the Upper East Side school promised Imprescia it would "prepare her daughter for the ERB, an exam required for admission into nearly all the elite private elementary schools."
We had a thread discussing the pros and cons of prep school a week or so ago, but this shit is ridiculous.
The suit claims: "Studies have shown entry into a good nursery school guarantees more income than entry into an average school."
So there you have it boys and girls. If you didn't attend a $19,000-a-year preschool you might as well start digging ditches.
Is anyone else gonna laugh their ass off when the kid ends up working at Scores?
i see, yes those three weeks really ruined it all.
should have enrolled her daughter at Ethical. stupid n00b.
What the fuck man... The kid is 4 years old... let her enjoy her childhood lest she turn out like another half-gone, over-coddled, brat who expects the world on a silver plate.
Fucking 'ey, the kid is just a kid. Her parents are insane for wanting her on the Ivy track so early in life. Looks like they are intent on destroying their daughter's life from day one.
LOL. No shit. You should be splitting atoms by the time you're 4. WTF?
Yeah, I know what you mean. My boys hadn't heard a word of English until they were 3 and almost 5 (respectively), and they were basically fluent inside of six months.
That said, for $19,000 a year with a waiting list, I'm guessing this place wasn't a day care in Harlem.
The crazy part is that I was expecting this pre-school to cost way more than $19,000. I'm actually not that surprised there's a wait list at that cost.
$19,000 tuition for a 4-year-old. I can see why she's upset.
I've been told by some of my teacher friends that you can fail kindergarten if you don't know how to read, write, and do basic arithmetic by the time the child has completed the school year.
They actually said that if the child can't write their own name upon ENTERING kindergarten, they're actually far behind.
As for this mother, I say keep her at home and have her watch "Sesame Street"...that's what a 4-year-old SHOULD be doing anyway.
My five-year is learning how to model with BIWS. j/k
Some parents go a little crazy preparing their kids for adult life. The problem is the kids never enjoy their life as a kid. They can't do "normal" kids things because they are overscheduled by their parents.
Preschool is preschool, I pay for it but it doesn't cost $19,000. But, I also don't live in New York City, that could be the going rate for a decent prechool.
Reminds me of that Chinese mother we talked about awhile back.
Not at all, that women would have forced her kid to live on bread and water for 3 months as punishment for not getting in.
ehh, I can kind of see the mother's point here. She paid $19,000 and didn't get what was advertised or what she expected (whether right or wrong). The statement about ruining her child's shot at an IVY league school is a little ridiculous, but I do see her overall point. As far as whether the lawsuit is actually legit, I'm not sure... depends on a variety of factors.
actually seriously though.... studies show that the education / care from your parents you receive from 3-6 is more important than that which you receive at any other time in your life.
This woman is crazy, but early childhood education is no joke and without question I'll be willing to throw down 20k / year for my kids.
Schools in New York City are absurdly competitive. People in New York City are absurdly competitive. This is not really that surprising - everyone wants their kids to get into the best elementary schools, so they can get into the best high schools, so they can get into the best colleges, etc. etc. Everyone is just more aware and on top of their game in trying to get their kids into schools in NYC, and because everyone is so competitive here everything just starts earlier.
I think some of this has to do with the fact that the public schools here are really shitty - no one from PS 119 or whatever is going to Harvard. This is very different than parts of the country where there are good public schools. I'm not counting the public magnets like Bronx Science/Stuyvesant as public schools, obviously those schools are some of the best in the country and are probably even more competitive to get into than the private schools.
To build on what International Pimp said, I completely buy into the idea that the education and care a child receives early on - say 3yrs-6yrs - is paramount. But I fault the mom for putting her in a pressure cooker so early, and I also fault her for abdicating responsibility to the pre-school for molding her kind into Ivy League material.
I had OBSESSED parents growing up, Tiger mom style. They weren't rich, but they wanted me to have the change to get rich. So they were obsessed with every little detail of my life. But the key was my mom spending every waking moment between 3-5 with me doing these elementary math workbooks and making me read with her, etc. THAT's what put me on the right track and brought me up feeling it was natural to study hard, work hard and be intellectually curious. It wasn't innate ability (certainly not), but it also couldn't have been some fancy prep school for toddlers. They won't care or invest as much in your kid as you, the parents, can. If you REALLY gave a shit about your kid's future, you'd skip your daily ladies' brunch and tennis match and take responsibility for developing you kid your fucking self.
Sound off ....
this kid is four years old.
Her parents are likely wealthy enough so that this 4 year old a) never has to work in her life b) get her a good job even if she godforbid doesnt attend HYP
How I hate these underachieving soccer moms that have never worked an honest day in their life, leech off their husbands money and create problems out of thin air since they are too bored with their own life.
Nailed it.
So very true!!! The chick may just have to get use to the fact her kid is as dumb but as pretty as she. We all know power players on the street who has that worthless tard kid. Maybe the mom should give the kid goldigger lessons.
I bet she's a Milf.
I agree that education in early years is important, but were talking about normal stuff and intelligent parents who read to their kids. 4 year olds don't need to be taught be Rhodes scholars to turn out ok. Send the kid to preschool, read to them and expose them to a variety of experiences, while not stifling a Childs natural desire to learn and ask questions and you will be fine.
Also, we've discusses this time and time again. Social skills sometimes outweight intelligence, unless there is a massive gap. This kid is being raised by a primadonna cunt. I'm sure that kid is going to grow up socially adjusted and able to work with people (sarcasm).
http://nymag.com/nymetro/urban/education/features/1508/
She's not the only one who pins her child's hopes on this test at age 4, either...
The suit claims: "Studies have shown entry into a good nursery school guarantees more income than entry into an average school."
Wow, this is so stupid. I'm sure the fact that wealthier parents tend to send kids to better nursery schools have nothing to do with that. Did you also know studies show that the worse the crime scene, the more cops are involved. More cops = more crimes!
If the 3 to 6 year old period is so important, why farm out the education to a stranger? My parents taught me themselves to ensure it got done right. Who the fuck spends $19K for any education a year before college?
Preschool is extremely expensive regardless of what they are teaching your kid. I live in a suburb in CT not in Fairfield and my parents play >12000 a year for my sister to go to preschool
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I'm just glad things were so much simpler when I grew up. My parents pulled me aside at age 5 and said, "You see that school at the end of the next block? Yeah, you're going there next week."
^^^oh yeah its extremely expensive...for no real justified reason....
kick-a-bitch
Exeter=>Harvard=>GS TMT/MS M&A =>KKR=>HBS=>KKR
Dude there is a path, if you miss 1 step you are SOL.
The real problem is: Why not build more of these private schools then, if there are waiting lists and huge tuitions. Yes I understand that people want to go to certain schools but there also sounds like there is pent up demand. Lets get some high priced talent in there, pay them good money, light the fuse, and stand back.
WSO Prepatory pre-school...now taking applications. $9000/kid, $8000/per twin (see what I did there?)
To be fair, if you pay $19K you expect more than a box of crayons.
I wonder just how accomplished these 4 year olds are after pre-school.
Light-Brite Picassos for 19K or else....
How dumb are you to pay $19k a year for preschool? I was like fucking eating glue and napping in preschool.
This kid will prob start drinking early on, destroy her braincells and go to community college. And the end result is she will still work at Goldman where her daddy probably is. All in retribution to her crazy ass mother.
Haha. People these days...
The mom is bullshit. I know people that went to Ivies that came from far from ideal backgrounds.
Stupidity is genetic. That kid never had a shot in the first place.
^^ Win. Except you're forgetting about connections, with the name and money the family probably has, nothing is out.
LOL
This little girl is ruined. No way she is going to get into GS TMT and BX now.
Better get her measured up for clear heels when she turns 18.
I don't think there is anything wrong with the parent trying to plan the future for the kids at this age. I wish my parents were able to guide me what to do when I was young, so I didn't have to make tons of mistakes in life.
Yes, at age 4. The Foundation is very important for a child. It's one of the critical factors to determine a child's success or failure in the future.
Look at my signature. Learn to detect sarcasm.
The woman would do better taking an hour a day to spending some time and effort in trying to teach the kid herself, rather than forking over $19,000 a year and being upset she only got crayons and supervision. My parents let me (not forced me) start reading at 3 because I wanted to, and I was through the Bible and similar length books cover-to-cover before I was 8.
Actually, scratch that. She clearly doesn't have the slightest shred of anything remotely resembling intelligence, so the less involved in the kid's life she is, I say the better.
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