In certain, very small circles, I am known. I'm not anywhere near a celebrity, not even a very minor one, but for parents who come to my tours and recruiting events every year, trying everything they can to get their kids into my program, to those parents - I am a known person.
This past weekend I was at a very large city event and I was approached at two different times by two different sets of parents (this is not common, but it is also not so very unusual for me):
Parent: Excuse me, how do I know you?
Me: I'm the Magnet Coordinator at <names my school.>
Parent: Yes! Thank you! I saw you and it was bugging me. This coming week is going to be very exciting!
Me: Yes, it will be. Notification is always a wild time for coordinators.
Parent: Can you give us any hints?
Me: I'm sorry, I cannot. I can really only tell you that I wish you the best of luck!
What the parent may not realize is, while they may feel like they know me personally, to me, they are one of 3,600 other applicants. -- There is no way for me to know, at the top of my head, where their child falls in all of that. Not that I could tell them, even if I did know.
Best wishes to all applicants this week!
This past weekend I was at a very large city event and I was approached at two different times by two different sets of parents (this is not common, but it is also not so very unusual for me):
Parent: Excuse me, how do I know you?
Me: I'm the Magnet Coordinator at <names my school.>
Parent: Yes! Thank you! I saw you and it was bugging me. This coming week is going to be very exciting!
Me: Yes, it will be. Notification is always a wild time for coordinators.
Parent: Can you give us any hints?
Me: I'm sorry, I cannot. I can really only tell you that I wish you the best of luck!
What the parent may not realize is, while they may feel like they know me personally, to me, they are one of 3,600 other applicants. -- There is no way for me to know, at the top of my head, where their child falls in all of that. Not that I could tell them, even if I did know.
Best wishes to all applicants this week!
