A reader sent in what she termed the most annoying article in the world, ever. We felt like sharing the misery with you, our readers, so here you go:
This is understandable, as it all seemed like sweetness and light at the Mini-R.A.D., short for Revolutionary Artistic Development: a fledgling home school cooperative started by the fashion photographers Tom Betterton and Jenny Gage three years ago with three other sets of Brooklyn hipster parents (a cinematographer, a dancer-choreographer and a sculptor among them) when the local schools didn’t quite pass muster. Meanwhile, a small, customized school founded in 2007 by members of the Blue Man Group — attended by the offspring of various magazine editors and photographers — thrives in NoHo, in what could be called a burgeoning micromovement. New York City private schools are vexingly exclusive, after all, and passing through the public-school bureaucracy can feel like an outtake from Shel Silverstein’s “Boa Constrictor” (also on Krista’s lesson plan this morning). Since the city’s bobos are now making their own pickles and ice cream, why not mold little minds as well?
You’re welcome. Feel free to leave parting messages in the comments as I imagine few can make it through articles like these without gouging their own eyes out.
When Michelle mentioned this article to me yesterday I asked if it was satire. Because…really…
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Right. THIS is the revolution we need. Jeezus fucking Christ.
I’m sorry… was this a result of a poor translation via Babelfish, because I don’t understand much of it, save for the words like “cinematographer” and “hipster.” What on Earth is this gobbledygook?
Other than the overwhelming horror of this entire piece, the thing that actually and unreasonably annoyed me is that they’re in Cobble Hill. They are surrounded by good schools, both public and private. I know this shouldn’t be the thing that annoys me but honestly when some children have unbelievably awful schooling conditions the idea that these people are turning their noses up at some of the best education on offer in the city really riles me.
Are you SURE this wasn’t reprinted from The Onion or something?
I am on board with private schooling, charter schooling, homeschooling and even un-schooling, but these people are ridiculous. I would bet most of these parents have never been the special snowflake they secretly wanted to be and are now forcing it onto their offspring. Like pageant mothers, only with French lessons and organic gardening.
SATs are going to be a hell of a cold shower for these poor kids.
What’s most insulting to me is how close these radical organizations are to Ground Zero.