Mom sues preschool for not prepping 4-year-old for Ivy League

[Liberal_in_LA]

Mom sues preschool for not prepping 4-year-old for Ivy League
By Kavita Varma-White

Did you hear the one about the New York mom who sued the preschool for not preparing her kid for the Ivy League?

Sadly, folks, this isn't a joke.

There is, for reals, a mom (the plaintiff, Nicole Imprescia of Manhattan) and a school (the defendant, York Avenue Preschool) and a lawsuit (plaintiff suing defendant for a refund of the $19,000/year tuition she paid).

The New York Daily News first reported about Imprescia's beef. She claims the school jeopardized her 4-year-old daughter Lucia's chances of getting into an elite private school (by not preparing her for the admissions exam you have to take to get into top notch/top dollar elementary schools in the city) and, therefore – wait for it, wait for it – ruined her chances of being a future Ivy Leaguer.

The lawsuit claims that the school put Imprescia's "very smart" 4-year-old in a class with kids half her age – a class where the focus was on shapes and colors. (The York School's website says 4-year-olds work "with one alphabet letter each week creating connections between the letter, the sound and the children's lives." Students are also "introduced to the works of artists represented in the many museums found within New York City.")

http://moms.today.com/_news/2011/03/16/6278260-mom-sues-preschool-for-not-prepping-4-year-old-for-ivy-league

[catbyte]

1. It would be funny if it wasn't so pathetic n/t

[tammywammy]

2. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x661394

[Canuckistanian]

3. OMG, she's ruined for life

Once you flunk preschool, Harvard won't even LOOK at you!

[ellenfl]

4. i bet she's a republican who supports tort reform. eom

[sharp_stick]

5. Everybody's kid is "very smart"

speaking as someone with 3 really very smart kids I can categorically state that these people are delusional assholes, everyone of them. ;-)
None of their homely spawn can compete in the same room as my incredibly bright and very good looking genius children.

I unfortunately know one of "these" mothers and I have to say I feel sorry for her kids.

[Karia]

7. As the mother of an incredibly bright and beautiful child

I completely agree with you.

[NYC_SKP]

6. On the bright side, the kid is REALLY sharp when it comes to Shapes and Colors.

Could be a president.

Should qualify for UCLA (if you caught the youtube idiot girl ranting about Asians in the library).

[NV Whino]

8. Um, wait...

She paid $19,000 for preschool tuition? Did I read that correctly? Good gawd!