Hello, I would love to know the issue with other mums on this platform. I made a thread around a week ago, asking for comparisons between St Albans school and Harrow. Some mums were helpful and kind, but others immediately made comments such as why are you comparing these two schools and why are you obsessed with St Albans. First of all, I was comparing the two schools because we loved them and wanted to compare them. I know one is day and the other is boarding, but I didn’t ask for opinions on that aspect. I asked for opinions on the academics, pastoral, facilities, campus, reputation etc. If we loved those schools the most, then what other choice do I have, other than to compare it!!
Also, how was I obsessed with St Albans. I said we liked both schools and were more inclined towards Harrow. It was my first thread and it got reported and deleted.
This isn’t all mums, it’s some who have nothing better to do than ruining the threads of others. Is this really a good thing to do?
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Logicalwannabemother · 03/06/2022 18:08
redskyatnight · 03/06/2022 18:21
I don't know anything about St Albans or Harrow, so I suspect I didn't reply to your previous thread. If you didn't make it clear why you were considering 2 such diverse schools or why you had picked St Albans in particular, then I imagine that's why people questioned your choice - they weren't necessarily being negative, just trying to understand your motivations and possibly to fill in any gaps - you do get posters on secondary education who have fixated on a couple of names of schools for no particular reason, and they are often quite happy to hear of alternatives.
A poster a couple of weeks' ago posted that she was moving to X town and her top 3 schools were x,y,z. z was a school that nobody local would put in their top 3 or even in their top 10, so I pointed this out to the poster. Maybe she thought I was being negative. I thought I was being helpful.
It's quite unusual for threads in secondary education to be deleted so I assume you may have been less than polite in your own responses.
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