Sue the Bastards!

Oh, now this is really rich. A New Yorker named Nicole Imprescia is suing the York Avenue Preschool seeking a refund of $19,000 in tuition she paid (yes, that's 19 grand for a pre-school) after pulling her four-year-old daughter out of the school after just three weeks. Imprescia claims that her "very smart" daughter's chances of getting into an elite private college, presumably in 2024, were jeopardized because the pre-school was not adequately preparing little Lucia for the entrance exam required to get into one of New York City's elite private elementary schools, which is to say, kindergarten. It seems that York Avenue Preschool was teaching kids one alphabet letter a week instead of advanced theoretical physics and allowing them to play instead of offering a college level course on Chaucer, which, crankyjewishguy (CJG) would have to say, you might have reason to expect for $19,000 a year.

This woman makes that Tiger Mom, the Yale law professor, Amy Chua, whose demands of her two children bordered on sadistic, look like Mr. Rogers, or at least Mrs. Rogers. Here's CJG's opinion: Lucia Imprescia will have no more than a one in a million shot at happiness because her mother is an idiot. Now, lots of children survive idiot parents, and vice versa, but can't you just imagine what a self-entitled, obnoxious, self-centered woman this is? CJG can just see her behind the wheel of her Lexus SUV, driving down the Fire Lane on Park Avenue while texting her lawyer.

By the way, CJG has an exclusive to share: he obtained little Lucia's first drawing after being pulled out of York Avenue Preschool and here it is:

Pretty good for a four-year-old, don't you think?