California Boarding School Culture/Honor Code/Motto

CateCAParent
Wed, 24 Jul 2019 21:02:35 +0000

@ThacherParent - Sorry you interpreted my words has some sort of veiled attack. I can say “Thacher is great” only so many times. I have read your posts over the years, and you are a thoughtful, measured person. So your reaction concerns me.

If my comment about perceived overly-enthusiastic marketing crosses a line into improper critique, now I know. But yes, posting the video 4 times struck a chord with me. I have never seen a marketing video posted here that I can recall (could be wrong), other than several previous ones by CaliMex, and I certainly haven’t seen one posted simultaneously on 4 threads at once. She is a great advocate for a great school. Nothing wrong with that. But it is uncommon enough behavior for any reader to wonder why once wasn’t enough. I have seen other posters get called out for less.

This is not a Cate v Thacher thing. Of course Cate, and Cate families (myself included), support Thacher. Why assume my observation about marketing (of all things) equals a veiled attack on the school itself? Goodness gracious. All I said was that the marketing doesn’t match the school’s ethos. The ethos is the important part, not the marketing.

Done here.