<p>The correct word is renege. Sorry, not trying to be the grammer police; I learned that word just a little while ago…</p>
<p>It’s grammar, not grammer.</p>
<p>:-)</p>
<p>I read that article. Not sure why - if they loved the private school and had to pay out the contract, they just didn’t go through with the first year. Or ask the school to convert it to a donation so it could be a tax write off. </p>
<p>In the OP’s case - they are existing parents so there should have been no surprises. It’s cancelling a contract. If the reverse were true and the school revoked an admissions offer for an arbitrary reason, wouldn’t they be suing to maintain “that” contract?</p>
<p>I think this is just a case where there should have been better communication between the parent and child. A friend of mine informed me that when her daughter graduates from an IVY, she cried and finally revealed that she hated the entire four years but kept her mouth shut because she wanted to please her parents. The mom cried and confessed she hated the school too but kept her mouth shut because she thought her daughter loved it. (true story). </p>
<p>But that’s not the school’s fault. It’s an expensive lesson to learn.</p>
<p>urbanflop,
I do stand corrected. It is renege. It’s one of the unfortunate words which looks as awkward when spelled correctly as when misspelled, I must say. I could point out that pulsar also probably meant “at altars” or “before altars”, presuming that the reference is to marriage. On altars, to me, at least, suggests a sacrifice.</p>
<p>@Pulsar: I can’t believed I misspelled a word when I was correcting you. I stand corrected…it’s grammar.
They don’t teach spelling at Exeter do they? <em>checks to see if anything is misspelled</em></p>
<p>“I can’t believe I misspelled”, not “I can’t believed I misspelled”. Grammar this time, not spelling. :D</p>
<p>If you have to pay anyway, then maybe she should go back for a second year and see if the experience is better. She’ll still have a public school spot if she wants it later in the year.
The phrasing of the question made this seem like a sudden decision by the daughter. Are there other issues that have popped up this summer, like a hometown boyfriend?</p>