<p>What is so open about College ‘confidential’? </p>
<p>I have not spoken a word of ‘bigotry’. </p>
<p>I have merely compiled together all the nonsense that was written in the thread, so that it may throw up new insights.</p>
<p>You should be aware that a lot people ‘view’ through all your discussions, even if they do not contribute(thousands for this thread!). </p>
<p>I wonder what is so hurtful about my post. And I think the title sums up the majority view on this thread,I suppose.</p>
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<p>Words taken out of context are your idea of “insightful reporting”? Do you work for CNN ;)?</p>
<p>I think ‘hair-splitting analysis’ is unnecessary.</p>
<p>The opinion of each boarder has come across crystal clear in the thread(which I think is captured in the quotes).</p>
<p>I am not resposible if some boarders have turned defensive after as they got ‘attacked’!</p>
<p>^^I got your sarcasm. Amusing, I thought.</p>
<p>Post 403:
You are responsible for your own words – inaccurate, misleading, deceptive, out-of-context, and insulting as they are. I am crystal clear in my disapproval of any parent of any culture who attempts to mold a child only into their own image – not into their own values (such as education, such as excellence, such as integrity), which is a very different thing from deciding on a child’s career & future way in advance of the child weighing in on that.</p>
<p>“I have merely compiled together all the nonsense that was written in the thread, so that it may throw up new insights.”</p>
<p>No you didn’t. You selected quotes out of their context, which utterly distorted & even reversed their meaning. Don’t flatter yourself.</p>
<p>LOL Headstart, I am amused too.</p>
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<p>Me too. Thanks.</p>
<p>Of course you’re amused PaDad. You’ve a proven track record of the same behavior, and even worse. Makes me wonder where this new poster came from.</p>
<p>Zoosermom, from all your dialogues with posters who have different perspectives and reactions to your original post, I am sensing that you’ve become more understanding and I applaud your efforts.</p>
<p>^^LOL. Now that is amusing.</p>
<p>edit: in reference post 410 but could surely apply to the above as well.</p>
<p>“Zoosermom, from all your dialogues with posters who have different perspectives and reactions to your original post, I am sensing that you’ve become more understanding and I applaud your efforts.”
Thank you cbreeze. I always wanted a dialogue and from the very beginning that happened. It 'wasn’t until people attributed to me words that I didn’t post, opinions I didn’t hold, and dragged my kid into this from a problem months ago that I got angry. The point of the post was to engage in a conversation. What’s been lost in all of this is something I alluded to in my first post and which hasn’t really been addressed since. Which, actually, is what I expected to talk about with this thread. The fact that the stereotype at issue is pervasive here on CC and seems to be accepted as fact in many threads. Had I not wondered about that, I probably wouldn’t have thought anything of what I saw to post in the first place.</p>
<p>Padad, you have nothing to be amused about and should really be ashamed of yourself.</p>
<p>^^Are you saying that others should be ashamed by finding something amsuing on a topic that you are not amused?</p>
<p>“I always wanted a dialogue and from the beginning that happened.” "It wasn’t until people attributed to me words that I didn’t post, opinions I didn’t hold, and dragged my kid into this from a problem months ago that I got angry.“The purpose of the post was to engage in a conversation.”</p>
<p>Before the pity-party gets out of hand, you were in the soup long before padad posted (212) and I posted (287).</p>
<p>Here are <em>just a few</em> of your sensitive attempts at “dialogue” with people who politely expressed offense at your title/post:</p>
<p>177 “Then your comprehension is limited. It was a report of a funny experience shared between people laughing together. If you’re insulted by that, you have a problem.”</p>
<p>180 - “Feel free not to read. Just nurse your insult and isolate yourself.”</p>
<p>191 - “Oh for heaven’s sake. Read the title in the context of the post.”</p>
<p>193 : “You really don’t understand, do you? Come on now people, this is just ludicrous. Really you have to be working very very hard to be so sanctimonious. Yes that is harsh, but I was careful in how I posted and I think a couple of you are really stretching things.”</p>
<p>195 - “It is just bizarre that some people want to stifle normal communication.”</p>
<p>207 - You’re simply reading something that isn’t there. It was amusing because it was amusing."</p>
<p>“^^Are you saying that others should be ashamed by finding something amsuing on a topic that you are not amused”</p>
<p>What I am saying is that nothing between us should be construed as amusing.</p>
<p>So Ilsa, where are the posts those respond to? How snarky and dishonest of you to take things out of context. But that does seem a pattern with several posters: lie, misconstrue, attack. I’ve read your posts on other threads now, too, and see that’s the type of poster you are, so I’m going to let it go but I won’t forget if we do see each other around the forum. Everyone reading can see how dishonest about three posters have been and that reputation carries over. Lots of PMs to say so.</p>
<p>But back to the original post. Can anyone discuss WHY this stereotype is so pervasive on CC, particularly in the student forums? Provide any context specifically related to posting here? Is it related to elite college admissions and, therefore, those of us without that experience wouldn’t relate in the same way? Is it as much of a problem in the outside world as it would appear to be from the volume of posts? Is it because the population here is so self-selecting?</p>
<p>For example, how many threads have we all read started by a kid who is upset with his/her parents and practically the first response is “are you Asian?” These threads pop-up very, very often and I would like to know what that is.</p>
<p>People can read the context for themselves if they care to, I’m pretty sure, as can you. They are also free to look up my past posts, of course (not many there to see!) and they will find nothing there I am ashamed of. Imo,it’s ludicrous for you to attempt to stage a pity party for yourself when the above are your actual responses to people who took offense at, or did not find funny or amusing, your op. As I said, I don’t believe you intended to offend, but, on the other hand, it’s a bit disingenuous, imo, to state that you have been open to “dialogue” from the start. </p>
<p>I hoped you would not respond with personal insults. I’ve left middle school, so pm-ing with your friends and posting the fact will not influence my opinion, nor will it silence it.</p>
<p>You are a great believer in not silencing opinion, I gather, as well as open and honest dialogue.</p>
<p>Ilsa you know nothing about me. You stomped into this thread with an agenda long after it had gotten ugly. You were right that it should have stayed dead, but you couldn’t leave it there and, frankly, I don’t care what you think. There are others on this thread whose opinion matters to me, but not yours. You can continue your obsessive quest to twist my words and misconstrue them and that’s absolutely fine, knock yourself out. No one claimed a pity party except you in your creative imagination. Seems to be a pattern of a couple of you, creativity in responding.</p>