Time for a mutiny yet? MCPS = crummy math, no grammar, poor writing
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Anonymous
OK, now I'm giggling. PP #1: The parents with kids in schools in Bethesda sure do complain a lot. PP #2: I'm happy with my kid's Focus school in Gaithersburg. PP #3: That's just because you have low expectations and don't know any better, unlike the parents in Bethesda. PP #4: See, that's why people who live in Bethesda are annoying! You: You're just jealous. |
Anonymous
Same old same old. The Bethesda and Potomac school kids, as a cohort, have the highest college placements, SAT, ACT, SAT II scores and graduation rates. That's public info on the annual reports. That is wonderful results, however, if those same kids were just spinning their wheels waiting for High School or lost some of their love of learning along the way because the county school district will not challenge them, then that is sad. Parents can help ID this shortcoming and supplement with trips, camps, workbooks, tutors that go in depth or breadth. But ultimately, mCPS is crummy, just like OP states. Doing the bare minimum for students and taxpayers is crummy. Shafting whole cohorts of students in order to focus on other cohorts of problem students is crummy. I'd expect more, regardless of state, county and city. These are the kid of situations, where most non-clueless parents would opt for private school. Only here that costs $35k a year and is in high demand. |
Anonymous
I love my 90 minute commute up county, shut up! |
Anonymous
Neither/Nor and you know this. It's the bullshit presumption that Bethesda residents/youth are better/smarter than the rest of the county (& country). Your needs do not come before the rest of the populous, and your kids are just as average. I get tired of seeing Gaithersburg, Poolesville, Wheaton, Silver Spring, etc get put down in an effort to make you feel better about what you paid for you 1/4 acre lot. |
Anonymous
| Supply and demand my friends. Supply and demand. |
Anonymous
Perfect summation. It's evident why you would be in advanced writing and PP would be on level. |
Anonymous
We dropped our commute to work from home, and be present in our kids lives after 3pm. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
the curriculum was county-wide WITH differentiation in every grade, every school. if the class mastered the materials, it would move on to more and then next unit. teacher would supplement all the time, and not get in trouble. class schedule had 7 classes, not 4. Must more teaching to ability level going on pre-C2.0. |
Anonymous
and post on DCUM! Gotta love CLub Fed! |
Anonymous
Let's try that again! I got a very good buy on my lot, thank you very much! |
Anonymous
Not a Fed...try again with another insult, and go... |
Anonymous
| I live in Bethesda and we are very pleased with our public elementary school. There is a strong emphasis on writing (dc wrote a 12 pg paper in 4th grade) and they are learning advanced math skills. They have always had spelling tests at least every other week and grammar is part of the curriculum. They don’t teach math the way I was taught in the 70s, but I consider that a good thing. I wish they would spend more on cursive writing, but I will work on that with the DCs over the summer. |
Anonymous
Alternatively, you could do nothing. Kid is bored, kid is not challenged, did can't answer math questions well, whatever. HS will give them a kick in the pants and then they're off to college. Just let the county take care of it. Just relax, who cares about the curricula, your kid is in good hands. This is the way of the world. Your kid has friends at school, all good. Average in, average out. |
Anonymous
LulaRoe! |