Madison HS or the IB program at Marshall HS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Ned December 19, 2012 at 05:17 PM
I am a 2004 graduate of South Lakes and an IB certificate holder. As I am the only one in this discussion so far to have gone all the way through the program and experienced life afterward, I would like to offer my experiences. I have no problems admitting I was a midland student in the IB world. I graduated with a 3.3 and certs in HL physics/history and SL english/math/art, I was not a full diploma candidate so TOK was not in my course load. I went on to graduate from Longwood University with honors. What the IB program did for me was put me LEAPS and BOUNDS ahead of my peers in college. It's true that I did not receive any credit for my IB classes but I did receive plenty of knowledge. My first year at Longwood was a breeze since it was essentially a repeat of my senior year at South Lakes. Some might say thats a bad thing but as a student who went through it I say those people are idiots. It allowed me to transition into college life with far greater ease than friends from other parts of the state/country. I didn't have the smack in the face of "college level classes" since I was already expected to achieve at that level (at least) the year before. The advantage I had over my classmates due to the IB program was absurd. Simply put, I was ready for college, others weren't. period. This is only my case and there are a lot of variables but all of my friends experienced the same thing. It was rough in HS but beyond worth it in the long run. Buck up Mr. Stein...

So IB will give a local student a leg up at Longwood? Mr. Stein may have had a different college experience in mind.

This is south lakes and not marshall and the student didn't even get an IB diploma.

The point is that if you cut and paste an op-ed article you should include the source to see the counter arguments.

[Anonymous]

23:42 About 1/4 of 22180 is within the Marshall boundary. 22182 is generally more expensive than 22180 and more than half of this zip code is within the Marshall boundary. You seem to be misinformed that Marshall is some sort of school just for Falls Church students. Please check out the current boundary maps. http://www.fcps.edu/fts/planning/maps/index.shtml. We live in the Madison boundary and I learned run on sentences through AP classes. I'm interested in seeing both schools do well since they are both nearby and my children can take advantage of programs at both schools.

[Anonymous]

I do agree that more schools should offer both IB and AP options like Arlington schools do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Ned December 19, 2012 at 05:17 PM
I am a 2004 graduate of South Lakes and an IB certificate holder. As I am the only one in this discussion so far to have gone all the way through the program and experienced life afterward, I would like to offer my experiences. I have no problems admitting I was a midland student in the IB world. I graduated with a 3.3 and certs in HL physics/history and SL english/math/art, I was not a full diploma candidate so TOK was not in my course load. I went on to graduate from Longwood University with honors. What the IB program did for me was put me LEAPS and BOUNDS ahead of my peers in college. It's true that I did not receive any credit for my IB classes but I did receive plenty of knowledge. My first year at Longwood was a breeze since it was essentially a repeat of my senior year at South Lakes. Some might say thats a bad thing but as a student who went through it I say those people are idiots. It allowed me to transition into college life with far greater ease than friends from other parts of the state/country. I didn't have the smack in the face of "college level classes" since I was already expected to achieve at that level (at least) the year before. The advantage I had over my classmates due to the IB program was absurd. Simply put, I was ready for college, others weren't. period. This is only my case and there are a lot of variables but all of my friends experienced the same thing. It was rough in HS but beyond worth it in the long run. Buck up Mr. Stein...

So IB will give a local student a leg up at Longwood? Mr. Stein may have had a different college experience in mind.

This is south lakes and not marshall and the student didn't even get an IB diploma.

The point is that if you cut and paste an op-ed article you should include the source to see the counter arguments.

Same IB curriculum developed by same people.

Yes, not that many students get an IB diploma at local IB schools. One more reason it's a waste of money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do agree that more schools should offer both IB and AP options like Arlington schools do.

Only one school in Arlington has both IB and AP,. The rest are AP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what neighborhoods in Vienna go to Marshall? dumpy ones behind Courthouse Road?

This one?

http://goo.gl/maps/ahBRg

Or this one?
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/60391028_zpid/

dumpy neighborhood, yes. big new house, yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what neighborhoods in Vienna go to Marshall? dumpy ones behind Courthouse Road?

This one?

http://goo.gl/maps/ahBRg

Or this one?
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/60391028_zpid/

dumpy neighborhood, yes. big new house, yes.

Really? Dumpy? Have you driven through parts of Vienna Woods?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what neighborhoods in Vienna go to Marshall? dumpy ones behind Courthouse Road?

This one?

http://goo.gl/maps/ahBRg

Or this one?
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/60391028_zpid/

dumpy neighborhood, yes. big new house, yes.

Really? Dumpy? Have you driven through parts of Vienna Woods?

So much redevelopment there now. It's like Pimmit Hills, just 10X nicer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do agree that more schools should offer both IB and AP options like Arlington schools do.

Only one school in Arlington has both IB and AP,. The rest are AP.

There are only 4 HS in Arlington- so it makes sense for only one (or possibly two inthe future) to have IB.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what neighborhoods in Vienna go to Marshall? dumpy ones behind Courthouse Road?

This one?

http://goo.gl/maps/ahBRg

Or this one?
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/60391028_zpid/

dumpy neighborhood, yes. big new house, yes.

Really? Dumpy? Have you driven through parts of Vienna Woods?

So much redevelopment there now. It's like Pimmit Hills, just 10X nicer.

They both look the same to me, I prefer an entirely redeveloped area.

[Anonymous]

Robinson offers both IB and AAP.
For the rest of the schools, your have to choose to leave all of your friends and lose the bus to choose the alternate program. It's FCPS way of pigeonholing the kids.

[Anonymous]

13:23 Hate to break it to you, but a lot of 22181 and 22124 has been developed through infill and small subdivisions.

[Anonymous]

13:23 Are you going to say that to all the kids in 22180 attending Madison?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Robinson offers both IB and AAP.
For the rest of the schools, your have to choose to leave all of your friends and lose the bus to choose the alternate program. It's FCPS way of pigeonholing the kids.

As if it is normal to go through ES, MS and HS with the same cohort of friends. I attended two different ESs growing up and went on to a private HS while all my MS friends went on to the local public. Guess what? I was still friends with them and I made new friends. My DD is the same. She is at Marshall, most of her friends from MS go to FCHS. She has new friends at Marshall and still hangs out with her old friends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Robinson offers both IB and AAP.
For the rest of the schools, your have to choose to leave all of your friends and lose the bus to choose the alternate program. It's FCPS way of pigeonholing the kids.

As if it is normal to go through ES, MS and HS with the same cohort of friends. I attended two different ESs growing up and went on to a private HS while all my MS friends went on to the local public. Guess what? I was still friends with them and I made new friends. My DD is the same. She is at Marshall, most of her friends from MS go to FCHS. She has new friends at Marshall and still hangs out with her old friends.

That's probably what happens to all the kids placing out of Marshall to Madison and McLean for AP as well.