Originally Posted by mpledger
Originally Posted by indigo
Originally Posted by amylou
I was just saying that in our own experience, the neighborhood public school provided a stimulating environment for a couple of kids who are extreme academic outliers.
LOL, if your post only spoke of your own experience, I would not have quoted you as discounting other parents' complaints as being out of proportion to the reality of the school. There is not ONE reality; There is YOUR reality based on your family's experience... and there is THEIR reality, based on their families' experiences.

If it's their reality then that's ok but sometimes it's not reality but opinions, passed along social networks, based on only the skimpiest of details of what's really going on.
One's opinion would be based on their perspective or life experience... whether or not they are choosing to share details with a particular audience, such as on the internet.

To the degree that some find other individual's input to be helpful, people will continue to request, post, seek out, and read such stuff... even if it is boiled down to a simple numerical rating (1 to 5 stars) or a binary (thumbs up / thumbs down) type of opinion.

Readers decide how much they will be influenced by such input, and can so do without bashing or discrediting the input.