Institutional Neglect and Discrimination

[Anonymous]

FCPS administration is ignorant at best and racist at most. A lot of new comers to the U.S, especially Asians, are treated as "inferior" or incapable of adjusting to the American education system. My son, as well as the children of my contemporaries (who are immigrants) have been downgraded to low-level classes (basically regular -- non AP or honors) when they are far more capable in tackling advanced topics. Because of this flawed system, my child is behind in all subjects and fields by an entire year because the counselling unit decided to push back all his subjects into their pre requisites. E.g --> his capabilities aligned with the AP calculus course but he was pushed back into the regular algebra 2 course. His knowledge in history in his previous school back in Asia aligned with AP WH, but was pushed back, again, to the pre requisite history course. And finally, many of his previous classes back in his previous school that tackled important STEM subjects (chemistry, biology and physics) were voided and now he has to make up for such credits in future years. His entire freshman year was marked by redundancy as he breezed through everything as these topics were discussed the previous year already. And finally, his GPA was deflated as this administration did not recognize that subjects he took in his previous school were in a higher magnitude of difficulty.

This is just my story and there are so much more hidden incidents that are being swept up under the rug: lost credits that were unavailed, mistreatment by the teachers or mentors, etc. Please recognise that coming from a different educational background isn't necessarily INFERIOR.

[Anonymous]

You are complaining that they put a rising 9th grader into....Algebra 2?

[Anonymous]

FCPS isn't going to give your kid high school credit for classes he took at a random middle school in some random country.

[Anonymous]

Your rant is pretty incoherent so I'm not surprised that you and the school seem to be having communication problems.

No kid is getting high school credit for classes in middle school from a foreign country. FCPS doesn't know what was taught.

[Anonymous]

This is clearly the problem. "random subject" and "random country". The AP chemistry course for instance has its material covered in grade 8 but nope, he was still backpedadled. I'm not saying this system is necessarily "inferior" but if you would look at the course work you would see the disparity in difficulty and rigour. The high level courses taught in junior year and senior year has been already discussed in grade 9 in his previous school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are complaining that they put a rising 9th grader into....Algebra 2?

Yeah he was taught calculus. And he was still put 2 years behind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCPS administration is ignorant at best and racist at most. A lot of new comers to the U.S, especially Asians, are treated as "inferior" or incapable of adjusting to the American education system. My son, as well as the children of my contemporaries (who are immigrants) have been downgraded to low-level classes (basically regular -- non AP or honors) when they are far more capable in tackling advanced topics. Because of this flawed system, my child is behind in all subjects and fields by an entire year because the counselling unit decided to push back all his subjects into their pre requisites. E.g --> his capabilities aligned with the AP calculus course but he was pushed back into the regular algebra 2 course. His knowledge in history in his previous school back in Asia aligned with AP WH, but was pushed back, again, to the pre requisite history course. And finally, many of his previous classes back in his previous school that tackled important STEM subjects (chemistry, biology and physics) were voided and now he has to make up for such credits in future years. His entire freshman year was marked by redundancy as he breezed through everything as these topics were discussed the previous year already. And finally, his GPA was deflated as this administration did not recognize that subjects he took in his previous school were in a higher magnitude of difficulty.

This is just my story and there are so much more hidden incidents that are being swept up under the rug: lost credits that were unavailed, mistreatment by the teachers or mentors, etc. Please recognise that coming from a different educational background isn't necessarily INFERIOR.

Person from China who recently graduated at langley and experienced the same stuff. welcome to the United States and the concept of American exceptionalism. hey at least your kid's going to sleep and have the easiest time in HS.

[Anonymous]

I think this happens to people changing education systems all over. Kids switching from schools with APs to an IB program. Etc etc.

One thing I can say with confidence about living in America is that your kid's destiny is not going to be determined by when they take AP calc. You're living in Virginia. You have a BUNCH of very good, in state colleges to choose from.

If your kid is going to make it and be a success in this country, the schools here are more than good enough to make that happen even if you lose a year of course progression to switching countries.

The other adjustments your child is making to language and culture are almost certainly much more important to their future.

Your attitude sucks.

[Anonymous]

What?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCPS administration is ignorant at best and racist at most. A lot of new comers to the U.S, especially Asians, are treated as "inferior" or incapable of adjusting to the American education system. My son, as well as the children of my contemporaries (who are immigrants) have been downgraded to low-level classes (basically regular -- non AP or honors) when they are far more capable in tackling advanced topics. Because of this flawed system, my child is behind in all subjects and fields by an entire year because the counselling unit decided to push back all his subjects into their pre requisites. E.g --> his capabilities aligned with the AP calculus course but he was pushed back into the regular algebra 2 course. His knowledge in history in his previous school back in Asia aligned with AP WH, but was pushed back, again, to the pre requisite history course. And finally, many of his previous classes back in his previous school that tackled important STEM subjects (chemistry, biology and physics) were voided and now he has to make up for such credits in future years. His entire freshman year was marked by redundancy as he breezed through everything as these topics were discussed the previous year already. And finally, his GPA was deflated as this administration did not recognize that subjects he took in his previous school were in a higher magnitude of difficulty.

This is just my story and there are so much more hidden incidents that are being swept up under the rug: lost credits that were unavailed, mistreatment by the teachers or mentors, etc. Please recognise that coming from a different educational background isn't necessarily INFERIOR.

You should post this grievance directly to your school's board. If your son is truly as capable and from a higher standard, maybe you can request your school's unit to allow him some qualification tests. I wish the best for you fellow parent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think this happens to people changing education systems all over. Kids switching from schools with APs to an IB program. Etc etc.

One thing I can say with confidence about living in America is that your kid's destiny is not going to be determined by when they take AP calc. You're living in Virginia. You have a BUNCH of very good, in state colleges to choose from.

If your kid is going to make it and be a success in this country, the schools here are more than good enough to make that happen even if you lose a year of course progression to switching countries.

The other adjustments your child is making to language and culture are almost certainly much more important to their future.

Your attitude sucks.

"Adjustments to the language and culture" so you're assuming he's having difficulties in this aspect? English is taught as a required subject in his previous school and as for this culture you speak of, a culture where incidents such as drug abuse, drinking and vaping within the campus are not reprimanded as strictly? And can't you empathise with him? Imagine being downgraded or belittled in intellect and capability just because you're not the same ethnicity as them. that's the adjustment he's trying to overcome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think this happens to people changing education systems all over. Kids switching from schools with APs to an IB program. Etc etc.

One thing I can say with confidence about living in America is that your kid's destiny is not going to be determined by when they take AP calc. You're living in Virginia. You have a BUNCH of very good, in state colleges to choose from.

If your kid is going to make it and be a success in this country, the schools here are more than good enough to make that happen even if you lose a year of course progression to switching countries.

The other adjustments your child is making to language and culture are almost certainly much more important to their future.

Your attitude sucks.

"Adjustments to the language and culture" so you're assuming he's having difficulties in this aspect? English is taught as a required subject in his previous school and as for this culture you speak of, a culture where incidents such as drug abuse, drinking and vaping within the campus are not reprimanded as strictly? And can't you empathise with him? Imagine being downgraded or belittled in intellect and capability just because you're not the same ethnicity as them. that's the adjustment he's trying to overcome.

NP. Yes, this all happened because your kid is Asian. Had he been white, they would've given him a high school diploma already.

/s

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is clearly the problem. "random subject" and "random country". The AP chemistry course for instance has its material covered in grade 8 but nope, he was still backpedadled. I'm not saying this system is necessarily "inferior" but if you would look at the course work you would see the disparity in difficulty and rigour. The high level courses taught in junior year and senior year has been already discussed in grade 9 in his previous school.

Did you provide the school and the counselors with a detailed curriculum and test results so that they could understand this? They can't just take your word for it.

[Anonymous]

Why didn't you just enroll him in college and skip HS altogether? It's clear that US schools are not equipped for your genius child.

[Anonymous]

Why did you move here? Clearly the US is a downgrade.