A woman is suing her daughter's preschool which comes with a $19,000 a year tuition for holding her 4 year old back with the 3 year olds. The mother Nicole Imprescia claims that "getting a child into the Ivy League Schools starts in nursery school". She also does not want her daughter Lucia to be in the same class as the 3 year olds where according to her there is an undue emphasis on "shapes and colors".
Imprescia seems to believe in her heart of hearts that her daughter's preschool education will make a huge difference in whether her daughter gets into Harvard or not. Learning colors and shapes it seems are not the proper criteria for the knowledge Lucia Imprescia needs to know for her bright future. Unless there is some revolutionary new technology that creates mini super geniuses in this preschool, Imprescia is wasting her money. The children are too young to learn the knowledge that would prepare them for an Ivy League school. Preschool prepares them for Kindergarten which prepares them for elementary school which prepares them for middle school then high school then college. Imprescia is skipping quite a few important steps in her anticipation for her daughter's success. It is great to have dreams and goals for your children but Imprescia takes it to a whole different level. She does not need to spend $19,000 a year on a preschool, rather she should save that money to allow her to go to a college prep school or even start a college fund for Lucia. If her daughter is not meant to go to an Ivy League school it is not the end of the world, millions of people find success in other colleges and universities. I just feel sorry for this little girl who will be subject to her mother's constant pressure and high expectations probably because she never lived up to her own in the first place.
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