“It sounds exactly like you are playing favourites with absolutely no warning,” another commented. “You let your daughter get to practically the end of the school year thinking she was going one place and then dropped a bomb. It also doesn’t sound like you ever mentioned before now the reason you sent your older daughter to this school was because she got certain grades. If you wanted to operate on this standard you should have told your daughter years ago how she did in middle school would affect where she went. Instead you’ve basically already decided your daughter isn’t smart enough to be worth sending to a good school.”

“You two are being absolutely terrible parents,” another person wrote. “You wouldn’t even LOOK INTO OTHER PROGRAMS FOR HER? This is how you breed resentment.”

Some agreed with the parent’s decision saying it was their money therefore their choice.

“I understand where you’re coming from, sending someone to private school, simply for a better arts program seems wasteful to a lot of people,” one person wrote. “She’d most likely get into an arts school regardless. On the other hand I can also see how she thinks you’re playing favorites, which you kind of are, and kind of aren’t.”

“Resources are generally scarce. People have to be practical about it,” added another. “I don’t think all kids get treated equally because they are not all the same.”

“Both schools will provide a great education for both girls,” said another.” Sorry your daughter is disappointed but reality is that it’s not in your budget AND another school better suits her needs. Don’t be bullied by either girl. Stick to your guns and trust your intuition. You are doing your level best for them to get them ahead, they just don’t realize it yet. You will have more than enough expenses for college, so it’s perfectly reasonable to not over indulge now when you don’t have to.”

While many pointed out that financially it just didn’t make sense to send them both to private school, the father later cleared up that issue by saying they can afford both private school fees they simply don’t see the value in doing it ‘just for an arts program.’

“We can afford to send both,” he said. “I am under the assumption that [older daughter] will receive scholarships. Even if she doesn’t, we can afford it. We are well off. If I have to be honest, I see art as more of a hobby and not a career,” he added. “I am fully willing to support my daughter in her hobbies but I really do not understand how I am supposed to throw money at HIGH SCHOOL where it will just dig her deeper into a non-lucrative niche. You simply do not need arts schools the way that you need regular ones. She has natural talent and can foster it without me spending thousands.”

What do you think?