In my Kveller review of the new Bravo series, Odd Mom Out, I mention that the show about life on the Upper East Side of Manhattan got some key details wrong about the admittedly very complicated and stressful process of applying to NYC Kindergarten. (I also helpfully mention that I've written a book on the subject. Buy it now on Amazon! Subtle, I am not.)
What exactly did they get wrong? Behold!
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To crib from Senator Lloyd Bentsen, I’ve
applied my kids to NYC schools. I’ve blogged for Kveller about applying to NYCSchools.
I wrote an entire book on applying to NYC Schools. Odd Mom Out is
not how you apply to NYC Schools.
The major flaw in their “applying the
twins to Kindergarten” story is that the twins have an older sister. Where does she go
to school? Why can’t her siblings go there? Even if she goes to an all-girl
school, at least her sister can attend, which means they only have to stress
over placing the brother. And since it’s been established that both parents
grow up wealthy in NYC, where did they go? Why aren’t their kids legacies?
That said, the moment when their preschool director tells
Jill, “Your children are young 4s, given their late July birthdays. So
unfortunate…” rang extremely true for me. NYC private schools prefer children
to be on the older side when they start Kindergarten, which is why they are
reluctant to accept summer birthdays, especially boys. Jill tells the director
they’re applying to both private and public schools. But then the birthday
cut-offs wouldn’t match. With summer birthdays, you often have to go through
the public school process one year, and private the next.
(Another, non-school related nitpick is Jill’s claim that
“Getting a sitter on two hours notice is like the Triple Salchow of parenting.
It can’t be done.” The Triple Salchow is actually the easiest of the Triple
jumps; it’s being performed by juniors these days. I wrote a book on FigureSkating, too. Which you can also buy on Amazon. See? Not subtle!)
But, you know what? The above really doesn’t matter. It’s a
sitcom, and the most important question is: Is it funny?
Find out the answer to that (and more) at: http://www.kveller.com/what-bravos-new-show-odd-mom-out-gets-wrong-about-nyc-moms/
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