Who sends their kid to Wakefield HS? Is it really that bad?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why in the world would anyone live in McLean?

http://www.businessinsider.com/best-school-district-every-us-state-2018-1/#virginia-arlington-county-public-schools-45

I'll go with the US News ratings.

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia

Business Insider is run by a guy who was tossed out of the securities industry for fraud.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why in the world would anyone live in McLean?

http://www.businessinsider.com/best-school-district-every-us-state-2018-1/#virginia-arlington-county-public-schools-45

Here’s the House our resident “Wakefield-grad-turned-Mclean-striver” will be buying this spring!

https://www.redfin.com/VA/McLean/1610-Great-Falls-St-22101/home/22175451?utm_source=myredfin&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ios_share&utm_nooverride=1&utm_content=link

That’ll show ‘em!

Honestly though he might be succeeding in casting doubts on Wakefield. I’m hoping for a little more for my children than class envy and thinly veiled racism.

I must have missed that "thinly veiled" part. PP is about as subtle as our dotard in chief, and almost as stable a genius.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m sorry you felt “ less than” when you attended Wakefield, but by your own boasting, you’ve done very well in life. You've Even gone on to talk about your social circle. So, it doesn’t seem you were an extreme exception. That correlates with my neighbors. Seems like you are literally proof that it’s a great school.

All of my friends from Stuart, Falls church and Wakefield HS are Vietnamese, Fresh of the boat as refugees and we did pretty well for ourselves. The Vietnamese of recently immigrants at Wakefield, most of them, will do fine as well. Failure is not an option for us. When they graduate from Wakefield, they know what a hellhole that school is so they will not be sending their kids to Wakefield. They will instead send their kids to better schools.

I used to go Peikins Gourmet Near Culmore of Seven corners. I don't recognize that place anymore. Completely lawless. Most of the kids in that neighborhood go to Stuart HS.

There is higher chance of MS 13 gang at Wakefield than at Yorktown or Mclean.

If you are concerned about your child getting involved with MS 13, you need to do some soul searching.

All a kid needs to do to run afoul of an MS 13 member is to accidentally bump into them in the hallway. PP doesn't need to do soul searching, you need to realize that putting on rose colored glasses doesn't change the facts or the demographics of the school. I have no doubt a smart kid can excel academically at Wakefield, but at what potential cost?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m sorry you felt “ less than” when you attended Wakefield, but by your own boasting, you’ve done very well in life. You've Even gone on to talk about your social circle. So, it doesn’t seem you were an extreme exception. That correlates with my neighbors. Seems like you are literally proof that it’s a great school.

All of my friends from Stuart, Falls church and Wakefield HS are Vietnamese, Fresh of the boat as refugees and we did pretty well for ourselves. The Vietnamese of recently immigrants at Wakefield, most of them, will do fine as well. Failure is not an option for us. When they graduate from Wakefield, they know what a hellhole that school is so they will not be sending their kids to Wakefield. They will instead send their kids to better schools.

I used to go Peikins Gourmet Near Culmore of Seven corners. I don't recognize that place anymore. Completely lawless. Most of the kids in that neighborhood go to Stuart HS.

There is higher chance of MS 13 gang at Wakefield than at Yorktown or Mclean.

If you are concerned about your child getting involved with MS 13, you need to do some soul searching.

All a kid needs to do to run afoul of an MS 13 member is to accidentally bump into them in the hallway. PP doesn't need to do soul searching, you need to realize that putting on rose colored glasses doesn't change the facts or the demographics of the school. I have no doubt a smart kid can excel academically at Wakefield, but at what potential cost?

Yeah, totally! There are mass beheadings of all those UMC teens at Wakefield who run afoul of gang members. It's all anyone can talk about!!!! At the Psych Ward over at VHC.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m sorry you felt “ less than” when you attended Wakefield, but by your own boasting, you’ve done very well in life. You've Even gone on to talk about your social circle. So, it doesn’t seem you were an extreme exception. That correlates with my neighbors. Seems like you are literally proof that it’s a great school.

All of my friends from Stuart, Falls church and Wakefield HS are Vietnamese, Fresh of the boat as refugees and we did pretty well for ourselves. The Vietnamese of recently immigrants at Wakefield, most of them, will do fine as well. Failure is not an option for us. When they graduate from Wakefield, they know what a hellhole that school is so they will not be sending their kids to Wakefield. They will instead send their kids to better schools.

I used to go Peikins Gourmet Near Culmore of Seven corners. I don't recognize that place anymore. Completely lawless. Most of the kids in that neighborhood go to Stuart HS.

There is higher chance of MS 13 gang at Wakefield than at Yorktown or Mclean.

If you are concerned about your child getting involved with MS 13, you need to do some soul searching.

All a kid needs to do to run afoul of an MS 13 member is to accidentally bump into them in the hallway. PP doesn't need to do soul searching, you need to realize that putting on rose colored glasses doesn't change the facts or the demographics of the school. I have no doubt a smart kid can excel academically at Wakefield, but at what potential cost?

You have much personal experience with MS 13 and gangs, pp? If not, I accuse you of watching too much TV.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why in the world would anyone live in McLean?

http://www.businessinsider.com/best-school-district-every-us-state-2018-1/#virginia-arlington-county-public-schools-45

I'll go with the US News ratings.

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia

Business Insider is run by a guy who was tossed out of the securities industry for fraud.

Yes, Business Insider was founded by Henry Blodget. That dude was convicted permanently BANNED from involvement from the security industry for violating security laws. I wouldn't believe what printed in that magazine.

[Anonymous]

Here is why we lived in the Wakefield zone. We're black, upper middle class, and realized that whatever price premium Yorktown commands does not translate to our children. Black children at Yorktown actually do worse than those at Wakefield.

We spend our money supplementing and supporting our kids. Music lessons, tutoring, etc. We can afford for me to work very part-time (14 hours a week), so I can be more of a presence at home. Wakefield was actually a very positive experience for my kids.

We did all of these things and are kids are thriving. In college now at UVA and W&M.

People make choices for a lot of reasons. Just because someone wants to pay more to live in North Arlington doesn't mean that it's the right choice for everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why in the world would anyone live in McLean?

http://www.businessinsider.com/best-school-district-every-us-state-2018-1/#virginia-arlington-county-public-schools-45

I'll go with the US News ratings.

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia

Business Insider is run by a guy who was tossed out of the securities industry for fraud.

Even the McLean Patch thinks Arlington is better:

https://patch.com/virginia/mclean/mclean-high-schools-among-most-challenging-virginia

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here is why we lived in the Wakefield zone. We're black, upper middle class, and realized that whatever price premium Yorktown commands does not translate to our children. Black children at Yorktown actually do worse than those at Wakefield.

We spend our money supplementing and supporting our kids. Music lessons, tutoring, etc. We can afford for me to work very part-time (14 hours a week), so I can be more of a presence at home. Wakefield was actually a very positive experience for my kids.

We did all of these things and are kids are thriving. In college now at UVA and W&M.

People make choices for a lot of reasons. Just because someone wants to pay more to live in North Arlington doesn't mean that it's the right choice for everyone.

I’ve done arts outreach in Wakefield. Fantastic theatre/music program. Great kids. I’ve never seen or heard of the kind of behavior people are posting. It’s just not the vibe of that school. The kids are laid back, and nice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Even the McLean Patch thinks Arlington is better:

https://patch.com/virginia/mclean/mclean-high-schools-among-most-challenging-virginia

So by looking at this list, one would think that Yorktown is a much better school than TJ. Look like even Mclean and Langley are better than TJ.

The list is laughable that it proved poor research on both patch and WaPo reporter.

Just a side note, even when the list is flawed, Wakefield is nowhere to be found

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:why is everyone so obsessed with trashing schools their kids don't attend?

Because deep down, DCUM is a bastion of insecurity. People have to know they chose the right neighborhood, bought the right house, got their kids into the right school. But most of us don't have kids in their 30s or 40s, where we could realistically assess their lives to see if the investment was actually worth it. So people trash any choice that is "the other" to make themselves feel better about their own.

The insecurity of which you speak is not "deep down." It's barely beneath the surface.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even the McLean Patch thinks Arlington is better:

https://patch.com/virginia/mclean/mclean-high-schools-among-most-challenging-virginia

So by looking at this list, one would think that Yorktown is a much better school than TJ. Look like even Mclean and Langley are better than TJ.

The list is laughable that it proved poor research on both patch and WaPo reporter.

Just a side note, even when the list is flawed, Wakefield is nowhere to be found

You not smart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even the McLean Patch thinks Arlington is better:

https://patch.com/virginia/mclean/mclean-high-schools-among-most-challenging-virginia

So by looking at this list, one would think that Yorktown is a much better school than TJ. Look like even Mclean and Langley are better than TJ.

The list is laughable that it proved poor research on both patch and WaPo reporter.

Just a side note, even when the list is flawed, Wakefield is nowhere to be found

My son went to TJ. Really amazing place. But the reason the scores are so high there is because of the kids. Those kids would have high test scores at other high schools. It may make sense to send a kid to TJ for the unique electives, or for a social scene so friendly to giftedness. But sending a kid there because the scores are high would be silly. How unfortunate that discussions of other schools are so much based on how students due on standardized tests, rather than on aspects of the school that actually effect education, and student happiness.

[Anonymous]

I know two adults who graduated from Wakefield. Both had great experiences and are terrific people. One is sending their own children in few years. That’s all the proof I need.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why in the world would anyone live in McLean?

http://www.businessinsider.com/best-school-district-every-us-state-2018-1/#virginia-arlington-county-public-schools-45

I'll go with the US News ratings.

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia

Business Insider is run by a guy who was tossed out of the securities industry for fraud.

Even the McLean Patch thinks Arlington is better:

https://patch.com/virginia/mclean/mclean-high-schools-among-most-challenging-virginia

That's based on the Washington Post Challenge Index. When you look at the percentage of kids actually passing the AP/IB exams, as opposed to merely taking the courses, the McLean schools do better than Yorktown, W-L and, of course, Wakefield.

TJ isn't included on that list because it's a selective magnet.