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I was at a birthday party recently where I met a woman with a child a little younger than my 3 year old son.\u00a0 As is normally the case, the topic turned to preschool.\u00a0 I was impressed by her candor.\u00a0 She said, \"My husband and I went back and forth regarding whether or not we were going to play the preschool game.\u00a0 We finally decided to play it.\u00a0 Well, at least we know<\/strong> that we\u2019re playing the game.\"\u00a0 I on the other hand mentioned that I had decided the opposite\u2026I refuse to play the game.\u00a0 (For those who are wondering what in the world I\u2019m talking about,\u00a0\"the game\" is paying insane amounts of money for pre-school so that your kid can possibly get in a good school in the future.)\u00a0 I don\u2019t know, I just can\u2019t wrap my mind around paying more for pre-school at Columbia\u00a0\u00a0(which a friend of a friend is doing) than I paid for college tuition there (granted that was 15 years ago tuition).\u00a0 Maybe it\u2019s because I\u2019m from the South and grew up with a totally different educational system.\u00a0 (I\u2019m not even going to start<\/strong> on how much I dislike the amount of standardized tests that NYC students have to take.\u00a0 God forbid if your kid is a great student\/ learner but not a great test taker\u2026).\u00a0 In any event, I love<\/strong> the city, but the educational system definitely still leaves much to be desired.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

(On a side note, the November issue of TimeOut New York Kids has an interesting, informative\u00a0cover story on getting into NYC\u2019s nursery and kindergarten schools.)<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"