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Overhearing Prep School Kids: "You Can't Spiral"
from Bavarian Cream Pie · #127
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2 minTim recounts overhearing an Upper East Side mother telling her daughter that a 97 isn't a failing grade and that she "can't spiral," leading to a debate with Ray about whether that's good or terrible parenting advice.
- 2:30Tim overhears prep school kids on the Upper East Side getting out of school with their mothers.
- 2:42One kid panics about getting a 97, afraid to tell their parents, while another kid insists it's not a failing grade.
- 3:13A mother tells her daughter she has to deal with her own problems and can't spiral.
- 3:30Tim notes the mother was talking to her fifth-grader like an adult, which he calls terrible advice.
- 3:54Tim's friend says he's never received advice that unemotional and clear in his entire life.
- 4:05Tim pushes back, arguing the kid actually does need to spiral—they need to get it done and figure out how to be better.