BASIS to Private

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I read the half dozen posts above. 10:18 talked about how some parents DC parents “advocate” for language learning to start before 8th grade. We wasted our time on such advocacy with other parents last year. My advice to any prospective BASIS parent who’s serious about raising bilingual children and teens is to think twice about enrolling in the first place because the program’s leadership isn’t on your wavelength in DC or Arizona. The new linguistic classes are just silly.

Sounds like you didn't do your research before you enrolled your kid. It seems pretty obvious that BASIS isn't an language-immersive/bilingual school.

This would be like someone saying, "I enrolled my kid at DCI. I couldn't believe that my kid had to do extra work in a foreign language and study towards an International Baccalaureate, whatever that is. I asked the administration to change this and they refused. Unbelievable!"

Plus, you just sound entitled thinking that a school with over 660 kids needs to bend to your particular viewpoint for your child. You realize that maybe not everyone thinks the same way?

Finally, if you think that school leadership isn't flexible, you must not have much experience with DC public schools. We can't even get responses to our emails about lunch issues!

+1. I choose BASIS because it doesn't force kids to take a language at 5th grade. My kid is already learning languages outside of school, and I'd like him to get a strong base in these outside languages before being forced to take one of the BASIS languages.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I read the half dozen posts above. 10:18 talked about how some parents DC parents “advocate” for language learning to start before 8th grade. We wasted our time on such advocacy with other parents last year. My advice to any prospective BASIS parent who’s serious about raising bilingual children and teens is to think twice about enrolling in the first place because the program’s leadership isn’t on your wavelength in DC or Arizona. The new linguistic classes are just silly.

Sounds like you didn't do your research before you enrolled your kid. It seems pretty obvious that BASIS isn't an language-immersive/bilingual school.

This would be like someone saying, "I enrolled my kid at DCI. I couldn't believe that my kid had to do extra work in a foreign language and study towards an International Baccalaureate, whatever that is. I asked the administration to change this and they refused. Unbelievable!"

Plus, you just sound entitled thinking that a school with over 660 kids needs to bend to your particular viewpoint for your child. You realize that maybe not everyone thinks the same way?

Finally, if you think that school leadership isn't flexible, you must not have much experience with DC public schools. We can't even get responses to our emails about lunch issues!

I enrolled my kid at Duke Ellington and they have to take all these arts classes. My kid went there from our language immersion, STEM middle school. I asked the administration to change the curriculum so it is language immersion and STEM focused with less emphasis on the arts, but they are COMPLETELY closed minded.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The reality is that the bar is set remarkably low on the language acquisition front in DC public schools, other than where a handful of Spanish immersion elementary schools and the advanced DCI Spanish track are concerned. BASIS franchise leaders and DC admins don’t care if students achieve in language learning past the AP level. If you care as a family, you’re setting yourself up for a good deal of frustration if you enroll so, yea, best to make a different plan for MS and HS. In our experience, there’s no point in advocating for language instruction at BASIS before 8th grade, or anything more than beginning instruction from 8th grade. Arizona HQ has never been on board with more serious language instruction, meaning that the concept is a non-starter. No more to be said.

This. Advocating for change at BASIS, however reasonable and in line with academic excellence, is pointless. No brainer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I read the half dozen posts above. 10:18 talked about how some parents DC parents “advocate” for language learning to start before 8th grade. We wasted our time on such advocacy with other parents last year. My advice to any prospective BASIS parent who’s serious about raising bilingual children and teens is to think twice about enrolling in the first place because the program’s leadership isn’t on your wavelength in DC or Arizona. The new linguistic classes are just silly.

Sounds like you didn't do your research before you enrolled your kid. It seems pretty obvious that BASIS isn't an language-immersive/bilingual school.

This would be like someone saying, "I enrolled my kid at DCI. I couldn't believe that my kid had to do extra work in a foreign language and study towards an International Baccalaureate, whatever that is. I asked the administration to change this and they refused. Unbelievable!"

Plus, you just sound entitled thinking that a school with over 660 kids needs to bend to your particular viewpoint for your child. You realize that maybe not everyone thinks the same way?

Finally, if you think that school leadership isn't flexible, you must not have much experience with DC public schools. We can't even get responses to our emails about lunch issues!

+1. Nailed it.

[Anonymous]

Bends to your particular viewpoint? This is a sanctimonious and narrow-minded accusation where Spanish instruction goes. At least a dozen kids come to BASIS from DC Spanish immersion programs each fall, yet BASIS hasn't been willing to allow parents to set up and pay for after-school Spanish classes on campus to help kids maintain language skills. The request has been made multiple times just in the 4 years we've been at BASIS.

BASIS won't allow former Spanish immersion students to learn Spanish at an appropriate level from 8th grade either. My kid's 8th grade beginning Spanish teacher quietly tries to give him and a few Spanish-speaking classmates assignments that are challenging (illicit challenge, not authorized by admins), which is kind but only gets us so far.

Yes, BASIS can run their franchise and DC campus this way, but their inflexible language policy is still absurd and retrograde. We're leaving for a private that encourages students with advanced academic skills in various areas, not just math, to take AP exams from 8th grade. If your ms kid is bilingual and you can afford a private where their bilingualism is recognized and celebrated, 21st century style, take the opportunity to go.

[Anonymous]

absurd is right, even the best dc public schools need to up their game on standard academics like language instruction

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bends to your particular viewpoint? This is a sanctimonious and narrow-minded accusation where Spanish instruction goes. At least a dozen kids come to BASIS from DC Spanish immersion programs each fall, yet BASIS hasn't been willing to allow parents to set up and pay for after-school Spanish classes on campus to help kids maintain language skills. The request has been made multiple times just in the 4 years we've been at BASIS.

Why won't BASIS upend the curriculum and divert resources (physical and human capital) for the 12 out of 135 kids who come from immersion programs? Seriously, you typed that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bends to your particular viewpoint? This is a sanctimonious and narrow-minded accusation where Spanish instruction goes. At least a dozen kids come to BASIS from DC Spanish immersion programs each fall, yet BASIS hasn't been willing to allow parents to set up and pay for after-school Spanish classes on campus to help kids maintain language skills. The request has been made multiple times just in the 4 years we've been at BASIS.

BASIS won't allow former Spanish immersion students to learn Spanish at an appropriate level from 8th grade either. My kid's 8th grade beginning Spanish teacher quietly tries to give him and a few Spanish-speaking classmates assignments that are challenging (illicit challenge, not authorized by admins), which is kind but only gets us so far.

Yes, BASIS can run their franchise and DC campus this way, but their inflexible language policy is still absurd and retrograde. We're leaving for a private that encourages students with advanced academic skills in various areas, not just math, to take AP exams from 8th grade. If your ms kid is bilingual and you can afford a private where their bilingualism is recognized and celebrated, 21st century style, take the opportunity to go.

Are you the poster who keeps misusing the word sanctimonious?

The word is Spanish is mojigato if that helps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bends to your particular viewpoint? This is a sanctimonious and narrow-minded accusation where Spanish instruction goes. At least a dozen kids come to BASIS from DC Spanish immersion programs each fall, yet BASIS hasn't been willing to allow parents to set up and pay for after-school Spanish classes on campus to help kids maintain language skills. The request has been made multiple times just in the 4 years we've been at BASIS.

Why won't BASIS upend the curriculum and divert resources (physical and human capital) for the 12 out of 135 kids who come from immersion programs? Seriously, you typed that?

+1. Anyone who who do that is, by definition, sanctimonious and narrow-minded.

¿Mi manera o la carretera?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We did not make any switch. DS was in BASIS from 5th grade to graduation and ended up receiving a substantial scholarship to a prestigious university and all of the AP credits are helping to additionally reduce the cost and stress burden.

In my experience, the most prestigious universities do not offer merit scholarships nor do they allow for early graduation using AP credits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bends to your particular viewpoint? This is a sanctimonious and narrow-minded accusation where Spanish instruction goes. At least a dozen kids come to BASIS from DC Spanish immersion programs each fall, yet BASIS hasn't been willing to allow parents to set up and pay for after-school Spanish classes on campus to help kids maintain language skills. The request has been made multiple times just in the 4 years we've been at BASIS.

BASIS won't allow former Spanish immersion students to learn Spanish at an appropriate level from 8th grade either. My kid's 8th grade beginning Spanish teacher quietly tries to give him and a few Spanish-speaking classmates assignments that are challenging (illicit challenge, not authorized by admins), which is kind but only gets us so far.

Yes, BASIS can run their franchise and DC campus this way, but their inflexible language policy is still absurd and retrograde. We're leaving for a private that encourages students with advanced academic skills in various areas, not just math, to take AP exams from 8th grade. If your ms kid is bilingual and you can afford a private where their bilingualism is recognized and celebrated, 21st century style, take the opportunity to go.

Are you the poster who keeps misusing the word sanctimonious?

The word is Spanish is mojigato if that helps.

NP. Whatever else one thinks of the frequent posts insisting that BASIS should cater to foreign language, they are indeed misusing sanctimonious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We did not make any switch. DS was in BASIS from 5th grade to graduation and ended up receiving a substantial scholarship to a prestigious university and all of the AP credits are helping to additionally reduce the cost and stress burden.

In my experience, the most prestigious universities do not offer merit scholarships nor do they allow for early graduation using AP credits.

Incorrect with regard to AP credits. For example, HYPS all allow this (you generally need 5s on the AP exams).

I am HYPS and had friends who graduated in 3 years with AP credits.

You are generally right about merit scholarships but the person didn't say that DS received a merit scholarship.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We did not make any switch. DS was in BASIS from 5th grade to graduation and ended up receiving a substantial scholarship to a prestigious university and all of the AP credits are helping to additionally reduce the cost and stress burden.

In my experience, the most prestigious universities do not offer merit scholarships nor do they allow for early graduation using AP credits.

Incorrect with regard to AP credits. For example, HYPS all allow this (you generally need 5s on the AP exams).

I am HYPS and had friends who graduated in 3 years with AP credits.

You are generally right about merit scholarships but the person didn't say that DS received a merit scholarship.

And...? The key point made by the poster was that APs shortened the college years and saved them $$$. If you grew up with mommy and daddy paying your bills (as you and PPP clearly did) then this is irrelevant. For people looking to avoid having their kids saddled with debt for life, this is material.

What amuses me if d-bags like you who are so proud of your HYPS degrees but lack the self awareness to look around and realize that you are working with and for and living next door to people who [gasps] got degrees from "lessor" institutions. The only people impressed by a college admission from 30+ years ago are your fellow graduates. And many of them also think you are a d-bag.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We did not make any switch. DS was in BASIS from 5th grade to graduation and ended up receiving a substantial scholarship to a prestigious university and all of the AP credits are helping to additionally reduce the cost and stress burden.

In my experience, the most prestigious universities do not offer merit scholarships nor do they allow for early graduation using AP credits.

Incorrect with regard to AP credits. For example, HYPS all allow this (you generally need 5s on the AP exams).

I am HYPS and had friends who graduated in 3 years with AP credits.

You are generally right about merit scholarships but the person didn't say that DS received a merit scholarship.

And...? The key point made by the poster was that APs shortened the college years and saved them $$$. If you grew up with mommy and daddy paying your bills (as you and PPP clearly did) then this is irrelevant. For people looking to avoid having their kids saddled with debt for life, this is material.

What amuses me if d-bags like you who are so proud of your HYPS degrees but lack the self awareness to look around and realize that you are working with and for and living next door to people who [gasps] got degrees from "lessor" institutions. The only people impressed by a college admission from 30+ years ago are your fellow graduates. And many of them also think you are a d-bag.

Get therapy, dude. You have a big chip on your shoulder.

PP was just pointing out some basic facts. You, in contrast, went on a rage-filled rant, revealing your deep insecurities and lack of self-worth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We did not make any switch. DS was in BASIS from 5th grade to graduation and ended up receiving a substantial scholarship to a prestigious university and all of the AP credits are helping to additionally reduce the cost and stress burden.

In my experience, the most prestigious universities do not offer merit scholarships nor do they allow for early graduation using AP credits.

Incorrect with regard to AP credits. For example, HYPS all allow this (you generally need 5s on the AP exams).

I am HYPS and had friends who graduated in 3 years with AP credits.

You are generally right about merit scholarships but the person didn't say that DS received a merit scholarship.

And...? The key point made by the poster was that APs shortened the college years and saved them $$$. If you grew up with mommy and daddy paying your bills (as you and PPP clearly did) then this is irrelevant. For people looking to avoid having their kids saddled with debt for life, this is material.

What amuses me if d-bags like you who are so proud of your HYPS degrees but lack the self awareness to look around and realize that you are working with and for and living next door to people who [gasps] got degrees from "lessor" institutions. The only people impressed by a college admission from 30+ years ago are your fellow graduates. And many of them also think you are a d-bag.

Get therapy, dude. You have a big chip on your shoulder.

PP was just pointing out some basic facts. You, in contrast, went on a rage-filled rant, revealing your deep insecurities and lack of self-worth.

+1 million. What an utter 🤡.