Algebra 2 is currently offered at TPMS

[Anonymous]

An obsessive poster is crazily resurrecting old threads in a mission to prove that algebra 2 isn’t offered at TPMS.

But reposting threads from several years ago is irrelevant to what is happening this year, which is that there is an algebra 2 class at TPMS, and kids are not being bussed to Blair. Maybe that wasn’t the case last year, or won’t be next year (I have no idea) but this year, it is taking place at TPMS.

There’s even a video to prove it.

Crazy poster, you are wrong. Call the school if you want, they’ll confirm it. Now drop it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The above poster is the crazy poster, or another one, who claims advanced math classes in middle school are only offered in the Potomac area and is obsessed with repeating the word "Potomac" for some reason. They like to conflate Algebra 1 and 2. The goal appears to drum up resentment against what they perceive to be wealthy schools and a disparity in education.

My child is at Westland MS in Bethesda and is in Honors Geometry in 7th grade, along with a few same-aged peers.

I know they keep posting old lists of schools that used to offer Algebra 2 before Curriculum 2.0, pretending this is widespread, but it is only provided at Frost. TPMS only reluctantly offers Algebra in 6th to a few students from schools like Cold Spring that offer AIM to 5th graders.

[Anonymous]

A lot of crazy to go around. Some people concoct some twisted scenario on why they and their progeny don’t get the success and recognition they deserve. I’d put in the same basket the “rich Potomac Algebra” and “unfair red shirting” posters that used to visit any threat that was even tangentially related to their crusade. They post obsessively to raise awareness on the injustices that plague society but oddly only seem to affect their child.

There’s no convincing, reasoning, presenting facts that can make them change their mind, since they’re dealing with a coping mechanism to explain the objective facts that their child is not the genius they want them to be. In their mind accepting the truth of the child being average in some narrow academic sense is equivalent to utter failure. The irony is that this attitude is failing the very kids they are supposedly fighting for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of crazy to go around. Some people concoct some twisted scenario on why they and their progeny don’t get the success and recognition they deserve. I’d put in the same basket the “rich Potomac Algebra” and “unfair red shirting” posters that used to visit any threat that was even tangentially related to their crusade. They post obsessively to raise awareness on the injustices that plague society but oddly only seem to affect their child.

There’s no convincing, reasoning, presenting facts that can make them change their mind, since they’re dealing with a coping mechanism to explain the objective facts that their child is not the genius they want them to be. In their mind accepting the truth of the child being average in some narrow academic sense is equivalent to utter failure. The irony is that this attitude is failing the very kids they are supposedly fighting for.

Nevertheless, the county is failing us by providing enrichment at a few wealthy schools that isn't available to all our students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of crazy to go around. Some people concoct some twisted scenario on why they and their progeny don’t get the success and recognition they deserve. I’d put in the same basket the “rich Potomac Algebra” and “unfair red shirting” posters that used to visit any threat that was even tangentially related to their crusade. They post obsessively to raise awareness on the injustices that plague society but oddly only seem to affect their child.

There’s no convincing, reasoning, presenting facts that can make them change their mind, since they’re dealing with a coping mechanism to explain the objective facts that their child is not the genius they want them to be. In their mind accepting the truth of the child being average in some narrow academic sense is equivalent to utter failure. The irony is that this attitude is failing the very kids they are supposedly fighting for.

Nevertheless, the county is failing us by providing enrichment at a few wealthy schools that isn't available to all our students.

Agree, and TPMS doesn't even want to offer Algebra in 6th. They only do it reluctantly for a handful of students who have already taken AIM at one or two ES that offer this option.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of crazy to go around. Some people concoct some twisted scenario on why they and their progeny don’t get the success and recognition they deserve. I’d put in the same basket the “rich Potomac Algebra” and “unfair red shirting” posters that used to visit any threat that was even tangentially related to their crusade. They post obsessively to raise awareness on the injustices that plague society but oddly only seem to affect their child.

There’s no convincing, reasoning, presenting facts that can make them change their mind, since they’re dealing with a coping mechanism to explain the objective facts that their child is not the genius they want them to be. In their mind accepting the truth of the child being average in some narrow academic sense is equivalent to utter failure. The irony is that this attitude is failing the very kids they are supposedly fighting for.

Nevertheless, the county is failing us by providing enrichment at a few wealthy schools that isn't available to all our students.

How’s that copium high working for you? I hope it really makes a difference for you and your child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of crazy to go around. Some people concoct some twisted scenario on why they and their progeny don’t get the success and recognition they deserve. I’d put in the same basket the “rich Potomac Algebra” and “unfair red shirting” posters that used to visit any threat that was even tangentially related to their crusade. They post obsessively to raise awareness on the injustices that plague society but oddly only seem to affect their child.

There’s no convincing, reasoning, presenting facts that can make them change their mind, since they’re dealing with a coping mechanism to explain the objective facts that their child is not the genius they want them to be. In their mind accepting the truth of the child being average in some narrow academic sense is equivalent to utter failure. The irony is that this attitude is failing the very kids they are supposedly fighting for.

Nevertheless, the county is failing us by providing enrichment at a few wealthy schools that isn't available to all our students.

There's a big push to accelerate students ahead of their peers since it gives them advantages. There was a recent discussion in the AAP forum where some posters asserted that their kids were more deserving because they were ahead of others who never had access to these opportunities. This is likely why they want to try and keep this quiet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of crazy to go around. Some people concoct some twisted scenario on why they and their progeny don’t get the success and recognition they deserve. I’d put in the same basket the “rich Potomac Algebra” and “unfair red shirting” posters that used to visit any threat that was even tangentially related to their crusade. They post obsessively to raise awareness on the injustices that plague society but oddly only seem to affect their child.

There’s no convincing, reasoning, presenting facts that can make them change their mind, since they’re dealing with a coping mechanism to explain the objective facts that their child is not the genius they want them to be. In their mind accepting the truth of the child being average in some narrow academic sense is equivalent to utter failure. The irony is that this attitude is failing the very kids they are supposedly fighting for.

Nevertheless, the county is failing us by providing enrichment at a few wealthy schools that isn't available to all our students.

I’ll humor you for a minute. Fine your child was not offered Algebra in 6th, never mind that maybe he wasn’t ready. Tell us the follow up on this, did he take it in 7th, doubled up over the summer to get to precalc in 9th, and be on par with the “rich Potomac” kids? I think the likely scenario is the kid was not cut out for that course, he didn’t get into TJ/Blair/whatever school you chose as proof of recognition and now you’re making excuses that the rich have an unfair advantage (what’s new?!), preppers and minority students are taking the deserved spots for your kid etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of crazy to go around. Some people concoct some twisted scenario on why they and their progeny don’t get the success and recognition they deserve. I’d put in the same basket the “rich Potomac Algebra” and “unfair red shirting” posters that used to visit any threat that was even tangentially related to their crusade. They post obsessively to raise awareness on the injustices that plague society but oddly only seem to affect their child.

There’s no convincing, reasoning, presenting facts that can make them change their mind, since they’re dealing with a coping mechanism to explain the objective facts that their child is not the genius they want them to be. In their mind accepting the truth of the child being average in some narrow academic sense is equivalent to utter failure. The irony is that this attitude is failing the very kids they are supposedly fighting for.

Nevertheless, the county is failing us by providing enrichment at a few wealthy schools that isn't available to all our students.

There's a big push to accelerate students ahead of their peers since it gives them advantages. There was a recent discussion in the AAP forum where some posters asserted that their kids were more deserving because they were ahead of others who never had access to these opportunities. This is likely why they want to try and keep this quiet.

Correction. There’s a big push from delusional parents to accelerate kids that are not capable to do the work. You’re one of them. Schools recognize this is not in the interest of the child and push back.

In your view, your child is not doing the advanced work other kids are doing because he was not offered Algebra in 6th. Delusional, I tell you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of crazy to go around. Some people concoct some twisted scenario on why they and their progeny don’t get the success and recognition they deserve. I’d put in the same basket the “rich Potomac Algebra” and “unfair red shirting” posters that used to visit any threat that was even tangentially related to their crusade. They post obsessively to raise awareness on the injustices that plague society but oddly only seem to affect their child.

There’s no convincing, reasoning, presenting facts that can make them change their mind, since they’re dealing with a coping mechanism to explain the objective facts that their child is not the genius they want them to be. In their mind accepting the truth of the child being average in some narrow academic sense is equivalent to utter failure. The irony is that this attitude is failing the very kids they are supposedly fighting for.

Nevertheless, the county is failing us by providing enrichment at a few wealthy schools that isn't available to all our students.

There's a big push to accelerate students ahead of their peers since it gives them advantages. There was a recent discussion in the AAP forum where some posters asserted that their kids were more deserving because they were ahead of others who never had access to these opportunities. This is likely why they want to try and keep this quiet.

Correction. There’s a big push from delusional parents to accelerate kids that are not capable to do the work. You’re one of them. Schools recognize this is not in the interest of the child and push back.

In your view, your child is not doing the advanced work other kids are doing because he was not offered Algebra in 6th. Delusional, I tell you!

Not sure about any of that, BUT seems like these parents push to get these advanced courses at their school and then later ague their children are more deserving of other opportunities. It seems a little crazy to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of crazy to go around. Some people concoct some twisted scenario on why they and their progeny don’t get the success and recognition they deserve. I’d put in the same basket the “rich Potomac Algebra” and “unfair red shirting” posters that used to visit any threat that was even tangentially related to their crusade. They post obsessively to raise awareness on the injustices that plague society but oddly only seem to affect their child.

There’s no convincing, reasoning, presenting facts that can make them change their mind, since they’re dealing with a coping mechanism to explain the objective facts that their child is not the genius they want them to be. In their mind accepting the truth of the child being average in some narrow academic sense is equivalent to utter failure. The irony is that this attitude is failing the very kids they are supposedly fighting for.

Nevertheless, the county is failing us by providing enrichment at a few wealthy schools that isn't available to all our students.

Agree, and TPMS doesn't even want to offer Algebra in 6th. They only do it reluctantly for a handful of students who have already taken AIM at one or two ES that offer this option.

So TPMS has an Algebra II class just for the half-dozen 8th graders who came from one of the wealthy ES offering AIM to their 5th graders?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of crazy to go around. Some people concoct some twisted scenario on why they and their progeny don’t get the success and recognition they deserve. I’d put in the same basket the “rich Potomac Algebra” and “unfair red shirting” posters that used to visit any threat that was even tangentially related to their crusade. They post obsessively to raise awareness on the injustices that plague society but oddly only seem to affect their child.

There’s no convincing, reasoning, presenting facts that can make them change their mind, since they’re dealing with a coping mechanism to explain the objective facts that their child is not the genius they want them to be. In their mind accepting the truth of the child being average in some narrow academic sense is equivalent to utter failure. The irony is that this attitude is failing the very kids they are supposedly fighting for.

Nevertheless, the county is failing us by providing enrichment at a few wealthy schools that isn't available to all our students.

There's a big push to accelerate students ahead of their peers since it gives them advantages. There was a recent discussion in the AAP forum where some posters asserted that their kids were more deserving because they were ahead of others who never had access to these opportunities. This is likely why they want to try and keep this quiet.

Correction. There’s a big push from delusional parents to accelerate kids that are not capable to do the work. You’re one of them. Schools recognize this is not in the interest of the child and push back.

In your view, your child is not doing the advanced work other kids are doing because he was not offered Algebra in 6th. Delusional, I tell you!

Not sure about any of that, BUT seems like these parents push to get these advanced courses at their school and then later ague their children are more deserving of other opportunities. It seems a little crazy to me.

Have you considered that maybe your child is not on the same level with the kids taking advanced coursework? Just be honest and realistic instead of blaming it on the “rich Potomac schools”. FYI, they are more deserving by proving they can handle Algebra 2 in middle school, your child’s school recognized that and didn’t let him take the class.

[Anonymous]

This is really tiresome. There is a crazy mom from the DCC who repeatedly harps on how only the "rich" Potomac schools "offer" AIM to 5th graders.

This is completely untrue but she has some kind of mental illness and she is also racist so she takes time out of her day every month to post misinformation.

Many schools, including the Silver Spring elementary my child attended, will allow on kids on a case by a case basis to to up a level in math. Other schools including many in Potomac, Bethesda and Chevy Chase will not allow acceleration under any circumstances and will not even entertain conversations with parents about it.

Cold Spring is unusual because it has allowed more kids to accelerate than many others but that school has been the highest performing elementary according to MCPS in recent years so it makes sense to me that there would be more high performing kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of crazy to go around. Some people concoct some twisted scenario on why they and their progeny don’t get the success and recognition they deserve. I’d put in the same basket the “rich Potomac Algebra” and “unfair red shirting” posters that used to visit any threat that was even tangentially related to their crusade. They post obsessively to raise awareness on the injustices that plague society but oddly only seem to affect their child.

There’s no convincing, reasoning, presenting facts that can make them change their mind, since they’re dealing with a coping mechanism to explain the objective facts that their child is not the genius they want them to be. In their mind accepting the truth of the child being average in some narrow academic sense is equivalent to utter failure. The irony is that this attitude is failing the very kids they are supposedly fighting for.

Nevertheless, the county is failing us by providing enrichment at a few wealthy schools that isn't available to all our students.

I’ll humor you for a minute. Fine your child was not offered Algebra in 6th, never mind that maybe he wasn’t ready. Tell us the follow up on this, did he take it in 7th, doubled up over the summer to get to precalc in 9th, and be on par with the “rich Potomac” kids? I think the likely scenario is the kid was not cut out for that course, he didn’t get into TJ/Blair/whatever school you chose as proof of recognition and now you’re making excuses that the rich have an unfair advantage (what’s new?!), preppers and minority students are taking the deserved spots for your kid etc.

+1
Well said.

[Anonymous]

In summary, your child is not capable of Algebra in 6th and you blame it on not being offered, unlike the “rich Potomac schools”.