GDS HS English Classes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parent here. Have been mostly happy w GDS HS english and related faculty.

This fall, one of the HS grades as started out by studying the following topics:

Queer Studies, CRT, Marxist Theory, Intersectionality, Structuralism Theory

Serious old person question - why are these taught in ENGLISH rather than in a special elective class? Isn't english for the study of literature. I get it - literature is a window into humanity....but really? I also get it - it's GDS but this is a core class all students must take.

And there was even an op-ed in student paper last week from a student very unhappy with the single-minded bias faculty show and the lack of oxygen they provide for dissenting views.

Will the school provide the class syllabi to prospective students? The course book doesn’t look updated, have already confirmed some stale things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parent here. Have been mostly happy w GDS HS english and related faculty.

This fall, one of the HS grades as started out by studying the following topics:

Queer Studies, CRT, Marxist Theory, Intersectionality, Structuralism Theory

Serious old person question - why are these taught in ENGLISH rather than in a special elective class? Isn't english for the study of literature. I get it - literature is a window into humanity....but really? I also get it - it's GDS but this is a core class all students must take.

And there was even an op-ed in student paper last week from a student very unhappy with the single-minded bias faculty show and the lack of oxygen they provide for dissenting views.

Will the school provide the class syllabi to prospective students? The course book doesn’t look updated, have already confirmed some stale things.

Probably. Have you asked the admissions office or emailed the English department head?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Basis force feeds Shakespeare and Algebra 1 in 6th grade. However, their college acceptances (at least from the DC campus) are pretty miserable outside of a few URM. Which is striking given their advanced curriculum. Apparently colleges aren't buying this.
(2022 graduation video is online and gives the destination of every 2022 kid)

You told a lie, an odious damned lie; Upon my soul, a lie, a wicked lie.

1. No English class at Basis reads Shakespeare in 6th grade. They do take Algebra and Geometry, though.

2. College acceptances are Basis DC have been remarkable for a school that has only been around in a decade. Last year, in a class of around 50 kids, they had kids (and not just URMs) accepted to every Ivy League school. Feel free to post a list of other open-admission public/charter schools that had a similar proportion of their graduation class accepted to Ivies. For example, the Basis DC Class of 2022 had 2 accepted to Yale this year, which is the same or better in overall numbers than B-CC, Blair, Montgomery, Whitman, Wootton, etc., all much bigger schools.

Ok, you are outright lying, Basis parent with your "every Ivy is represented. There are 2 Ivies represented.
Here are the destinations for the class of 2022. 4 Ivy acceptances, 3 are African American. https://vimeo.com/713007094
Most of the rest of the decent schools are also URM.

Here are the rest:
University of Chicago
University of Maryland
Sarah Lawrence
Barnard
Temple (5)
Georgia State University
Xavier Louisiana
Indiana University
Syracuse
Beloit College
Yale (2- one is URM)
Fordham
Howard
U of Mass Amherst
Drexel (2)
Haverford
Michigan State 2
UVA
Bangor University
Penn State Behrend satellite campus
Morehouse
Worchester Tech
Oberlin
Brown (2—both URM)
Penn State (3)
Perdue (2)
Mary Baldwin
William and Mary (2)
Georgia Tech
UDC
Macalester
St. Johns College
Vermont (2)
North Carolina Wilmington
Virginia Tech 2
Northwestern (salutatorian)
Radford
George Mason
Duke (valedictorian0
Clemson

Do you not understand the difference between acceptances and matriculations?

You seem a bit dense, internet stalker.

So the same 4 kids were accepted to multiple Ivies? Why is that a bragging point for the Basis parent?

Well, now you have confirmed you are dense. Did you not read the post?

Let me dumb it down for you: The BASIS DC class of 2022 had better per capita Ivy admissions than any MCPS school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Basis force feeds Shakespeare and Algebra 1 in 6th grade. However, their college acceptances (at least from the DC campus) are pretty miserable outside of a few URM. Which is striking given their advanced curriculum. Apparently colleges aren't buying this.
(2022 graduation video is online and gives the destination of every 2022 kid)

You told a lie, an odious damned lie; Upon my soul, a lie, a wicked lie.

1. No English class at Basis reads Shakespeare in 6th grade. They do take Algebra and Geometry, though.

2. College acceptances are Basis DC have been remarkable for a school that has only been around in a decade. Last year, in a class of around 50 kids, they had kids (and not just URMs) accepted to every Ivy League school. Feel free to post a list of other open-admission public/charter schools that had a similar proportion of their graduation class accepted to Ivies. For example, the Basis DC Class of 2022 had 2 accepted to Yale this year, which is the same or better in overall numbers than B-CC, Blair, Montgomery, Whitman, Wootton, etc., all much bigger schools.

Ok, you are outright lying, Basis parent with your "every Ivy is represented. There are 2 Ivies represented.
Here are the destinations for the class of 2022. 4 Ivy acceptances, 3 are African American. https://vimeo.com/713007094
Most of the rest of the decent schools are also URM.

Here are the rest:
University of Chicago
University of Maryland
Sarah Lawrence
Barnard
Temple (5)
Georgia State University
Xavier Louisiana
Indiana University
Syracuse
Beloit College
Yale (2- one is URM)
Fordham
Howard
U of Mass Amherst
Drexel (2)
Haverford
Michigan State 2
UVA
Bangor University
Penn State Behrend satellite campus
Morehouse
Worchester Tech
Oberlin
Brown (2—both URM)
Penn State (3)
Perdue (2)
Mary Baldwin
William and Mary (2)
Georgia Tech
UDC
Macalester
St. Johns College
Vermont (2)
North Carolina Wilmington
Virginia Tech 2
Northwestern (salutatorian)
Radford
George Mason
Duke (valedictorian0
Clemson

Do you not understand the difference between acceptances and matriculations?

You seem a bit dense, internet stalker.

So the same 4 kids were accepted to multiple Ivies? Why is that a bragging point for the Basis parent?

Well, now you have confirmed you are dense. Did you not read the post?

Let me dumb it down for you: The BASIS DC class of 2022 had better per capita Ivy admissions than any MCPS school.

They got ONE white kid admitted to an Ivy. I'm not impressed.

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Whoa.