Arlington Tech
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Anonymous
| Does anyone have any recent experience with Arlington Tech? If so, can you please share your insights? |
Anonymous
| Great program. Parents love it. As an aside, if you kid is interested in culinary, the cooking teacher is AMAZING. |
Anonymous
Parent of an 8th grader here… Does anyone have opinions on the quality of language arts? I love the idea of Arlington Tech, but I also want to make sure my child will be equipped to write papers in college. |
Anonymous
As a parent who has/recent had kids at Yorktown, W&L and HB, I do not believe that Arlington is teaching writing skills anymore. Well, they teach how to write a 5 paragraph essay with an intro paragraph, supporting paragraphs, and a conclusion, but do not teach any grammar or writing style. |
Anonymous
Well yeah. Teachers don’t have time to read and critique 30 papers per class — that’s like 200 papers. |
Anonymous
Agree 10000% You might get more in the IB program and you write a real research paper if you take the two AP Capstone courses at Wakefield. Other than that, 5th grade writing through graduation. |
Anonymous
Teachers did it in the past. Even if they don't now or just don't want to, they can stagger assignments so not all of their students are writing big papers at the same time. But you know what? I don't care that teachers don't have time during the school day to grade longer papers. The focus is supposed to be on teaching kids the things they should be learning, preparing them to be successful in college and in jobs. Employers and colleges both have been complaining for years that students and young hires can't write or communicate well. Homework is part of the students' job. Grading assignments at home is part of a teacher's job -- or used to be. |
Anonymous
| My mom was a HS English teacher and that was her job - reading and grading essays and papers. |
Anonymous
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I have kids at WL IB and HB - both are excellent writers.
The english teachers at HB do a great job of teaching, critiquing and ensuring good writers. My son did IB at WL and I credit the IB program with the great writer he is today. I'm sorry to hear others do not share this experience. |
Anonymous
| Parent of an AT senior here. Very happy with the academics, including language arts. My son had one English teacher who he says made a significant impact on him. All his teachers have been great, and class sizes small compared to the regular high schools. Socially it’s a weird but accepting place. As long as you have a core group of friends that you identify with, you should be happy. |