What kind of grades do average Poolesville smacs kids get?
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Anonymous
C + A = semester B |
Anonymous
In theory yes, a student can receive an A, but how can they do it when the teachers aren’t teaching and giving bs tests? |
Anonymous
That's not happening. |
Anonymous
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Over 65% of Poolesville students graduate with over 4.0 weighted, over 3.5 unweighted GPA.
https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/high-schools/k-q/poolesvillehs/uploadedfiles/about/phs20profile2019-20.pdf?n=2703 |
Anonymous
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In theory yes, a student can receive an A, but how can they do it when the teachers aren’t teaching and giving bs tests?
I know one particular SMCS teacher didn’t really teach this quarter. The teacher is either absent or asks the students to do work in class without teacher’s instruction. I tutor my kid at home for that subject. |
Anonymous
I know one particular SMCS teacher didn’t really teach this quarter. The teacher is either absent or asks the students to do work in class without teacher’s instruction. I tutor my kid at home for that subject. I think I know which teacher you are speaking of…your child is fortunate to have you as a parent and able to tutor them. What about the rest of us…..it’s despicable that the teachers can get away with this nonsense. |
Anonymous
I think I know which teacher you are speaking of…your child is fortunate to have you as a parent and able to tutor them. What about the rest of us…..it’s despicable that the teachers can get away with this nonsense. DP. I don’t know which teacher you are speaking of…my child in smacs has THREE teachers like the one PP mentioned above. My child has to self teach themselves, bc I as a parent can’t not tutor her myself. 
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Anonymous
That's so amazing! Kids are so much smarter today! When I was in HS @MCPS less than 5% even had an A average. |
Anonymous
I think I know which teacher you are speaking of…your child is fortunate to have you as a parent and able to tutor them. What about the rest of us…..it’s despicable that the teachers can get away with this nonsense. Another parent with a kid in that class. Unfair and unreasonable. No ability here to tutor at home. Fortunately my child was able to achieve a good grade in the end but it was a very stressful experience due to the teacher’s many failings and omissions. |
Anonymous
DP. I don’t know which teacher you are speaking of…my child in smacs has THREE teachers like the one PP mentioned above. My child has to self teach themselves, bc I as a parent can’t not tutor her myself. : At Blair? |
Anonymous
Definitely there is some grade inflation. But also I my Poolesville smacs kid worked many times harder than I ever did. They truly loved the smacs program, the peer group and almost all the teachers. As for tips on how to succeed, I can only offer what I saw my kid do which was staying organized, self-teaching where needed, and reaching out proactively in the case of any missing grades, etc. I believe it also helped being a natural math student. |
Anonymous
Another parent with a kid in that class. Unfair and unreasonable. No ability here to tutor at home. Fortunately my child was able to achieve a good grade in the end but it was a very stressful experience due to the teacher’s many failings and omissions. Oh yes, I know that teacher and her guitar teacher is gone too. She does Khan and reads a text book from the library to help with that class. |
Anonymous
At Blair? NP here. I think the PP meant poolesville high school smacs program. |
Anonymous
Time management, study skills, self sufficient/advocacy |
Anonymous
I have a senior in smacs at Poolesville and I call BS on what you mentioned above.. Time management (aka don’t go to sleep): DC gets to the bus stop at 6:30 am. They get home from school at 5:30 pm. A long day right? Saying Time management is complete BS bc it’s basically a parents/teachers demoralizing way of saying don’t go to sleep, Don’t have ANY downtime or be able to relax. Since dc started smacs they go to sleep at 1 am… every night…even more so if they are doing a sport. There.is.just.too.much.work in a single 24 hour period for the solution to just be “time management”. Study skills (aka self study/pay for tutors for all classes bc the teachers don’t do sh*t): Since freshman year dc has been self studying 80% of their smacs classes bc their teachers could care less….some teachers are so notorious they don’t even reply to emails about WHEN to retake test if my child was sick or aren’t clear about which DAY a particular project is due. For example..for a worksheet/lab they will say to one block it’s due Monday and to another block they will say Tuesday. Smacs is divided into two blocks for each graduating year. Chaos ensues and all the students gaslight each other about when it is due. It turns out it was due Monday…so the Tuesday block got screwed. It’s hard to let it slide, when this has happened multiple times. Self sufficient/advocacy aka cheat off others or get upperclassmen papers/lab reports: Once the teachers don’t respond or reciprocate and are not willing to help. The next step for smacs kids is to start cheating on tests and a certain ethnic group will get the upperclassman papers/projects from years past and cheat on a whole other level! I was shocked when my dc told me this. It’s blatantly obvious that the teachers know this and don’t even look up from their desks during tests. They could care less with this rampant cheating bc higher grades make them look better to the administration. There are many problems with this scenario…one of which is it severely punishes the students who doesn’t cheat because they end up with lower grades because those who DO cheat push the grade average up. |