How is Richard Montgomery if you're not in IB?

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Anonymous wrote:

I know how it works and I still call bullshit on teachers liking Whitman over RM. I would say many would prefer BCC, WJ and Wootton but Whitman has so many social issue teacher do not care to work there. Also many prefer the upper county schools Damascus/Clarksburg/Poolesville because teachers can actually afford to live close to their job. Parents in those schools are involved but not overly so. They also have a great community feel over Whitman.

I was wondering about that. I know a lot of teachers who live in the upcounty or in Frederick County. I can't imagine that many would think a job at the "W" schools was worth the commute to Bethesda/Potomac.

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Intetresting. I wonder how many of the parents here staunchly defending Whitman are parents of "good but not great" student at Whitman. To me it sounds like an achievement by association thing. "My kid is a 3.2 student at Whitman, but Whitman has such high achievers that a 3.2 is actually a 3.8 at other MCPS schools." IMO, great students will do well at any MCPS HS. FYI, I have one kid at BCC and one in Blair Magnet.

As far as where teachers WANT to teach - who knows? One could argue that, taking PP's comment at face value, teachers at Whitman have it easier. Arguably, you do not have to be as good a teacher if all your students are academically oriented anyways. Seems to me that the BEST teachers are the ones who get good results in less than ideal situations. Of course, I do not really believe that but it seems that the Whitman folks are arguing two different ways.

[Anonymous]

Good Grief!

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Anonymous wrote:Good Grief! [/quote

what exactly is your gripe?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You asses. People from the worst MoCo schools can make it to the top schools anywhere in the world. I attended a non-W school and kids from my school, myself included, went to top national universities, liberal arts school, and service academies. Get over your insecurities. If we were in NYC where it really matters if you don't make it into the top magnets such as Stuy, Brooklyn Tech, or Bronx Science, then you have a point. But this is MoCo where the top kid in the worst school is prepared for Harvard.

The point of the board is where does RM stand w/o the IB and the reality is that it is below Whitman. You can argue all day about the wealth at Whitman and how that impacts the scores but the reality is that Whitman has always had a strong academic culture. If the school I attended as a kid has 20% if the student body that were academically focused then Whitman had 60%. My guess is that if you remove the IB from RM, then 30% of the remaining students are academically focused whereas Whitman is still 60-70%. Check to see where kids applied and were accepted. RM w/o IB would be hard pressed to do as well as any of the W schools or Blair Magnet. That does not mean that RM is not a good a school. It is, as I have stated before, but it is not Whitman and Whitman is not Blair and Blair is not Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Jefferson is not Sidwell Friends. To me it does not matter because I would rather my kid go to the worst school here in the DC suburbs than study at 95% of the school systems in the US.

Are you serious? Please lady. You think MCPS is better than 95% of the rest of the school systems in US? AND we prep for Harvard? LOL - seriously. This made my day.

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PP, Nice to see that there is no shortage of morons residing in Rockville. I sometimes wish we could create or own county composed of everything inside the beltway and west of Conn. Ave. Look, tool, seven schools in the county are ranked in the top 250 nationally (US News). The top student at any school in MoCo should have a shot at Harvard. Close to 50 students from the Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Potomac and Blair cohort enrolled at either Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and MIT. Although you will find schools who have higher numbers, there are not many. If we were our own county, we would not dilute our strong acceptance rates with the weak areas outside of our neighborhood.

I assume the RMIB has strong admissions rates as well.

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Anonymous wrote:PP, Nice to see that there is no shortage of morons residing in Rockville. I sometimes wish we could create or own county composed of everything inside the beltway and west of Conn. Ave. Look, tool, seven schools in the county are ranked in the top 250 nationally (US News). The top student at any school in MoCo should have a shot at Harvard. Close to 50 students from the Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Potomac and Blair cohort enrolled at either Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and MIT. Although you will find schools who have higher numbers, there are not many. If we were our own county, we would not dilute our strong acceptance rates with the weak areas outside of our neighborhood.

I assume the RMIB has strong admissions rates as well.

If we cut the county the way you wish you guys would kill each other. I too share your wish for other reasons.

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Anonymous wrote:PP, Nice to see that there is no shortage of morons residing in Rockville. I sometimes wish we could create or own county composed of everything inside the beltway and west of Conn. Ave. Look, tool, seven schools in the county are ranked in the top 250 nationally (US News). The top student at any school in MoCo should have a shot at Harvard. Close to 50 students from the Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Potomac and Blair cohort enrolled at either Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and MIT. Although you will find schools who have higher numbers, there are not many. If we were our own county, we would not dilute our strong acceptance rates with the weak areas outside of our neighborhood.

I assume the RMIB has strong admissions rates as well.

You are one ignorant human being. Not only in the way you talk but how well you think your down-county schools really are. Poolesville is the #1 ranked school in the county. I guess those dang hillbillies are a little smarter than your multi-cultural, overstressed, coddled kids in your "private" county.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP, Nice to see that there is no shortage of morons residing in Rockville. I sometimes wish we could create or own county composed of everything inside the beltway and west of Conn. Ave. Look, tool, seven schools in the county are ranked in the top 250 nationally (US News). The top student at any school in MoCo should have a shot at Harvard. Close to 50 students from the Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Potomac and Blair cohort enrolled at either Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and MIT. Although you will find schools who have higher numbers, there are not many. If we were our own county, we would not dilute our strong acceptance rates with the weak areas outside of our neighborhood.

I assume the RMIB has strong admissions rates as well.

Mighty full of yourself, aren't you, PP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am Asian. My kids will do well no matter which school they go to, and regardless of what curriculum MCPS follows.

End. Of. Story.

Thanks for perpetuating the stereotype.

good job!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP, Nice to see that there is no shortage of morons residing in Rockville. I sometimes wish we could create or own county composed of everything inside the beltway and west of Conn. Ave. Look, tool, seven schools in the county are ranked in the top 250 nationally (US News). The top student at any school in MoCo should have a shot at Harvard. Close to 50 students from the Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Potomac and Blair cohort enrolled at either Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and MIT. Although you will find schools who have higher numbers, there are not many. If we were our own county, we would not dilute our strong acceptance rates with the weak areas outside of our neighborhood.

I assume the RMIB has strong admissions rates as well.

Mighty full of yourself, aren't you, PP?

No, jackass, I am not full of myself. The facts speak for themselves -- The downtown schools (B-CC and 4 Ws) are stronger by any metric used. Sure, RMIB, Poolesville and Blair all have strong scores as well but many of those kids (RMIB and Blair) are from the Bethesda, Chevy CHase, and Potomac neighborhoods. Regardless, MoCo has strong schools across the board. Like one of the PPs mentioned, if you work hard at any school in this county you will have a shot at the best schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP, Nice to see that there is no shortage of morons residing in Rockville. I sometimes wish we could create or own county composed of everything inside the beltway and west of Conn. Ave. Look, tool, seven schools in the county are ranked in the top 250 nationally (US News). The top student at any school in MoCo should have a shot at Harvard. Close to 50 students from the Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Potomac and Blair cohort enrolled at either Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and MIT. Although you will find schools who have higher numbers, there are not many. If we were our own county, we would not dilute our strong acceptance rates with the weak areas outside of our neighborhood.

I assume the RMIB has strong admissions rates as well.

You are one ignorant human being. Not only in the way you talk but how well you think your down-county schools really are. Poolesville is the #1 ranked school in the county. I guess those dang hillbillies are a little smarter than your multi-cultural, overstressed, coddled kids in your "private" county.

Sorry, but what do you mean by ignorant? Sure, Poolesville is a great school and if you live in Damascus, you should defintely send your kid to Poolesville (if your kid can manage to get accepted) but let's be real. I would rather live in the Whitman, B-CC, Wootton or Churchill district than live in another city and bus my kid to Poolesville. What does Poolesville really offer over Whitman? Not only is it light years away from civilization (Isn't it near West Virginia) but the school is small and does not compete athletically with the top schools. Also, let's be fair, Blair and RMIB are much better than Poolesville.

Like I said, I am happy that we have the beltway to separate me from you. I wish we could make that barrier more formal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP, Nice to see that there is no shortage of morons residing in Rockville. I sometimes wish we could create or own county composed of everything inside the beltway and west of Conn. Ave. Look, tool, seven schools in the county are ranked in the top 250 nationally (US News). The top student at any school in MoCo should have a shot at Harvard. Close to 50 students from the Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Potomac and Blair cohort enrolled at either Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and MIT. Although you will find schools who have higher numbers, there are not many. If we were our own county, we would not dilute our strong acceptance rates with the weak areas outside of our neighborhood.

I assume the RMIB has strong admissions rates as well.

You are one ignorant human being. Not only in the way you talk but how well you think your down-county schools really are. Poolesville is the #1 ranked school in the county. I guess those dang hillbillies are a little smarter than your multi-cultural, overstressed, coddled kids in your "private" county.

Sorry, but what do you mean by ignorant? Sure, Poolesville is a great school and if you live in Damascus, you should defintely send your kid to Poolesville (if your kid can manage to get accepted) but let's be real. I would rather live in the Whitman, B-CC, Wootton or Churchill district than live in another city and bus my kid to Poolesville. What does Poolesville really offer over Whitman? Not only is it light years away from civilization (Isn't it near West Virginia) but the school is small and does not compete athletically with the top schools. Also, let's be fair, Blair and RMIB are much better than Poolesville.

Like I said, I am happy that we have the beltway to separate me from you. I wish we could make that barrier more formal.

Your not actually claiming Whitman has sports are you?

Potomac is light years from civilization.

I woul love to have a barrier from people like you. I would also love to see how you would manage without the teachers that have to drive to your school to actually teach your insufferable children (who test well).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Sorry, but what do you mean by ignorant? Sure, Poolesville is a great school and if you live in Damascus, you should defintely send your kid to Poolesville (if your kid can manage to get accepted) but let's be real. I would rather live in the Whitman, B-CC, Wootton or Churchill district than live in another city and bus my kid to Poolesville. What does Poolesville really offer over Whitman? Not only is it light years away from civilization (Isn't it near West Virginia) but the school is small and does not compete athletically with the top schools. Also, let's be fair, Blair and RMIB are much better than Poolesville.

Like I said, I am happy that we have the beltway to separate me from you. I wish we could make that barrier more formal.

Good news! If you would rather live in the Whitman, B-CC, Wootton, or Churchill clusters (not districts) than live elsewhere in the county and bus your kid to Poolesville, and you can afford it, you are free to do so!

("Isn't Poolesville near West Virginia". Snort. What were you saying about ignorance?)