What if you can't afford private school?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why should I worry about someone else's kids

Empathy. It's worthwhile.

Or you're trolling us.

Recently, I've developed a theory that these "my kids are thriving" who cannot grasp that anyone else has a different experience than theirs are the same parents who start hyperventilating on meet the teacher day when they realize that the teacher is pooling supplies. Their eyes wide, horrified by the notion that their little snowflake might be assigned the dreaded Roseart crayons another parent has purchased instead of the superior Crayola neatly labeled with their child's name.

DL is a dream come true for these folks. These parents have completely control over their children, removed from the undesirables in the classroom and the threat of off brand supplies.

[Anonymous]

complete - not "completely"

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Well, I have a middle schooler and a high schooler who are doing online learning with MCPS, taking challenging classes, and working hard. Sitting in a socially distanced classroom (especially on a hybrid schedule) would not change anything. And we don’t care about sports.

How nice for them.

Other kids are not having the same successful experience. What about those other kids?

Why should I worry about someone else's kids

The answer. dear sociopath, is that public education exists to serve the greater good, which involves children who aren't your own.

+1

+1,000,000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why should I worry about someone else's kids

Empathy. It's worthwhile.

Or you're trolling us.

Recently, I've developed a theory that these "my kids are thriving" who cannot grasp that anyone else has a different experience than theirs are the same parents who start hyperventilating on meet the teacher day when they realize that the teacher is pooling supplies. Their eyes wide, horrified by the notion that their little snowflake might be assigned the dreaded Roseart crayons another parent has purchased instead of the superior Crayola neatly labeled with their child's name.

DL is a dream come true for these folks. These parents have completely control over their children, removed from the undesirables in the classroom and the threat of off brand supplies.

+1. Solid theory.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why should I worry about someone else's kids

Empathy. It's worthwhile.

Or you're trolling us.

Recently, I've developed a theory that these "my kids are thriving" who cannot grasp that anyone else has a different experience than theirs are the same parents who start hyperventilating on meet the teacher day when they realize that the teacher is pooling supplies. Their eyes wide, horrified by the notion that their little snowflake might be assigned the dreaded Roseart crayons another parent has purchased instead of the superior Crayola neatly labeled with their child's name.

DL is a dream come true for these folks. These parents have completely control over their children, removed from the undesirables in the classroom and the threat of off brand supplies.

+1. Solid theory.

We grasp but but we also know that our kids are partly doing well because of our strong involvement and expectations. Most kids I know struggling need more parental support and more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why should I worry about someone else's kids

Empathy. It's worthwhile.

Or you're trolling us.

Recently, I've developed a theory that these "my kids are thriving" who cannot grasp that anyone else has a different experience than theirs are the same parents who start hyperventilating on meet the teacher day when they realize that the teacher is pooling supplies. Their eyes wide, horrified by the notion that their little snowflake might be assigned the dreaded Roseart crayons another parent has purchased instead of the superior Crayola neatly labeled with their child's name.

DL is a dream come true for these folks. These parents have completely control over their children, removed from the undesirables in the classroom and the threat of off brand supplies.

+1. Solid theory.

We grasp but but we also know that our kids are partly doing well because of our strong involvement and expectations. Most kids I know struggling need more parental support and more.

Hello again my sociopath friend. Having a good night?

[Anonymous]

I have 2 kids (total opposites) that did DL. The extrovert was generally unphased by DL and required little support. The younger K student who is shy and anxious hated DL, refused to participate (became a daily power struggle), and required support the entire day. I physically sat next to her for every single class and did everything to help her. Nothing changed. Please don’t give me any BS that I wasn’t involved or providing positive support. They eventually went back in-person and my youngest flipped back to happy and wanting to learn overnight. Her refusal to do DL was due to her personality, learning style, and age. Once the learning was developmentally appropriate and suited to her needs, she was fine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:1). Private schools have their own curriculum - some are more rigorous and some are less rigorous than MCPS.
2). Private school kids tend to be more well-rounded because their schools afford them more opportunities but they are not necessarily smarter.
3.). Most private school kids that attend non-parochial schools are children of upper middle class or wealthy children, who end up at great jobs and top colleges because of their connections, not necessarily grades.
4.). My kid is in private school now and generally gets better grades than all of her peers but she was an MCPS kid up until now, which means MCPS gets the credit for her performance.
5). Just homeschool - you don't need the whole day - only two hours a day, then you have less stress and both you and your kid are happier.

Good luck!!

My daughter moved from a well known W feeder public elementary school to a private. The first week of private school in 5th grade they had an introduction spelling and vocabulary test to see where the class of 15 lined up, and my daughter got a 10% on it. Her teacher assured us the kids from public almost always fail vocabulary and spelling because it isn't taught in MCPS curriculum. Same with foreign language, Science, and History. She was quickly humbled and realized those straight A's meant NOTHING from MCPS. She was about on par for Math as her peers (even though she was in compacted) and a bit behind in reading (even though she was in the highest reading group.)

Best thing we ever did was move her to private.

Now in high school, I think you can go back to public because most of the classes are tracked. But ES and MS in MCPS are a complete waste of time to somewhat intelligent kids.

Your observations are spot on! Besides volunteering in our Catholic school’s library, I also volunteer as an academic tutor after school for middle school aged kids in the subjects of science, history, and catechism. There are a dozen or so other moms that volunteer their time as well, in subjects where they are individually comfortable in tutoring. The children I normally see do come from public schools and we work hard to get them up to speed. We are usually successful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why should I worry about someone else's kids

Empathy. It's worthwhile.

Or you're trolling us.

Recently, I've developed a theory that these "my kids are thriving" who cannot grasp that anyone else has a different experience than theirs are the same parents who start hyperventilating on meet the teacher day when they realize that the teacher is pooling supplies. Their eyes wide, horrified by the notion that their little snowflake might be assigned the dreaded Roseart crayons another parent has purchased instead of the superior Crayola neatly labeled with their child's name.

DL is a dream come true for these folks. These parents have completely control over their children, removed from the undesirables in the classroom and the threat of off brand supplies.

+1. Solid theory.

We grasp but but we also know that our kids are partly doing well because of our strong involvement and expectations. Most kids I know struggling need more parental support and more.

+100
The greatest factor of educational success for a child is family support and involvement. The conditions the pandemic has brought upon our schools has highlighted that fact

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why should I worry about someone else's kids

Empathy. It's worthwhile.

Or you're trolling us.

Recently, I've developed a theory that these "my kids are thriving" who cannot grasp that anyone else has a different experience than theirs are the same parents who start hyperventilating on meet the teacher day when they realize that the teacher is pooling supplies. Their eyes wide, horrified by the notion that their little snowflake might be assigned the dreaded Roseart crayons another parent has purchased instead of the superior Crayola neatly labeled with their child's name.

DL is a dream come true for these folks. These parents have completely control over their children, removed from the undesirables in the classroom and the threat of off brand supplies.

You're joking. Right? Those are the parents forgoing their iras for private.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1). Private schools have their own curriculum - some are more rigorous and some are less rigorous than MCPS.
2). Private school kids tend to be more well-rounded because their schools afford them more opportunities but they are not necessarily smarter.
3.). Most private school kids that attend non-parochial schools are children of upper middle class or wealthy children, who end up at great jobs and top colleges because of their connections, not necessarily grades.
4.). My kid is in private school now and generally gets better grades than all of her peers but she was an MCPS kid up until now, which means MCPS gets the credit for her performance.
5). Just homeschool - you don't need the whole day - only two hours a day, then you have less stress and both you and your kid are happier.

Good luck!!

My daughter moved from a well known W feeder public elementary school to a private. The first week of private school in 5th grade they had an introduction spelling and vocabulary test to see where the class of 15 lined up, and my daughter got a 10% on it. Her teacher assured us the kids from public almost always fail vocabulary and spelling because it isn't taught in MCPS curriculum. Same with foreign language, Science, and History. She was quickly humbled and realized those straight A's meant NOTHING from MCPS. She was about on par for Math as her peers (even though she was in compacted) and a bit behind in reading (even though she was in the highest reading group.)

Best thing we ever did was move her to private.

Now in high school, I think you can go back to public because most of the classes are tracked. But ES and MS in MCPS are a complete waste of time to somewhat intelligent kids.

Your observations are spot on! Besides volunteering in our Catholic school’s library, I also volunteer as an academic tutor after school for middle school aged kids in the subjects of science, history, and catechism. There are a dozen or so other moms that volunteer their time as well, in subjects where they are individually comfortable in tutoring. The children I normally see do come from public schools and we work hard to get them up to speed. We are usually successful.

My private school friends did better drugs than we did but I make more than they do now so it's a toss up

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Your observations are spot on! Besides volunteering in our Catholic school’s library, I also volunteer as an academic tutor after school for middle school aged kids in the subjects of science, history, and catechism. There are a dozen or so other moms that volunteer their time as well, in subjects where they are individually comfortable in tutoring. The children I normally see do come from public schools and we work hard to get them up to speed. We are usually successful.

Dads don't volunteer their time at your Catholic school? Why not?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why should I worry about someone else's kids

Empathy. It's worthwhile.

Or you're trolling us.

Recently, I've developed a theory that these "my kids are thriving" who cannot grasp that anyone else has a different experience than theirs are the same parents who start hyperventilating on meet the teacher day when they realize that the teacher is pooling supplies. Their eyes wide, horrified by the notion that their little snowflake might be assigned the dreaded Roseart crayons another parent has purchased instead of the superior Crayola neatly labeled with their child's name.

DL is a dream come true for these folks. These parents have completely control over their children, removed from the undesirables in the classroom and the threat of off brand supplies.

+1. Solid theory.

We grasp but but we also know that our kids are partly doing well because of our strong involvement and expectations. Most kids I know struggling need more parental support and more.

This is the truth that some parents don’t want to hear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1). Private schools have their own curriculum - some are more rigorous and some are less rigorous than MCPS.
2). Private school kids tend to be more well-rounded because their schools afford them more opportunities but they are not necessarily smarter.
3.). Most private school kids that attend non-parochial schools are children of upper middle class or wealthy children, who end up at great jobs and top colleges because of their connections, not necessarily grades.
4.). My kid is in private school now and generally gets better grades than all of her peers but she was an MCPS kid up until now, which means MCPS gets the credit for her performance.
5). Just homeschool - you don't need the whole day - only two hours a day, then you have less stress and both you and your kid are happier.

Good luck!!

My daughter moved from a well known W feeder public elementary school to a private. The first week of private school in 5th grade they had an introduction spelling and vocabulary test to see where the class of 15 lined up, and my daughter got a 10% on it. Her teacher assured us the kids from public almost always fail vocabulary and spelling because it isn't taught in MCPS curriculum. Same with foreign language, Science, and History. She was quickly humbled and realized those straight A's meant NOTHING from MCPS. She was about on par for Math as her peers (even though she was in compacted) and a bit behind in reading (even though she was in the highest reading group.)

Best thing we ever did was move her to private.

Now in high school, I think you can go back to public because most of the classes are tracked. But ES and MS in MCPS are a complete waste of time to somewhat intelligent kids.

Your observations are spot on! Besides volunteering in our Catholic school’s library, I also volunteer as an academic tutor after school for middle school aged kids in the subjects of science, history, and catechism. There are a dozen or so other moms that volunteer their time as well, in subjects where they are individually comfortable in tutoring. The children I normally see do come from public schools and we work hard to get them up to speed. We are usually successful.

You all are too much. It is a fact that when students receive individualized tutoring, they will perform better. If public school teachers could work with their students individually all the time, the students would perform better. Parents who provide individual support to their children will help their children perform better in school. It’s really not rocket science.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why should I worry about someone else's kids

Empathy. It's worthwhile.

Or you're trolling us.

Recently, I've developed a theory that these "my kids are thriving" who cannot grasp that anyone else has a different experience than theirs are the same parents who start hyperventilating on meet the teacher day when they realize that the teacher is pooling supplies. Their eyes wide, horrified by the notion that their little snowflake might be assigned the dreaded Roseart crayons another parent has purchased instead of the superior Crayola neatly labeled with their child's name.

DL is a dream come true for these folks. These parents have completely control over their children, removed from the undesirables in the classroom and the threat of off brand supplies.

Wrong again. My daughter's school ending up buying supplies for every child to have exactly what they needed for distance learning. We got a big box in the fall and another for the second semester. The only thing I paid for was extra dry erase markers.