How is Your 99%'er Who Did not Go to TPMS or Eastern Handling 6th Grade This Year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP again. Interestingly, there are some kids who were placed in AIM who were not in Compacted Math. They find it incredibly difficult, but the teacher doesn’t seem to be slowing the class down on their behalf.

The teacher shouldn't slow down the class and the parents should supplement if the kids need more help.

I can not help but visualize this as follows:

The school is a bananaboat.. the teacher is a driver of the motorboat that pulls it. The speed of the bananaboat is dictated
by the driver who tries to drive as fast as humanly possible. The kids are dropping off the bananaboat right left and center
but the few strongest ones, the ones that have been blessed by early birth dates or redshirting, have stonger hands, and also
they are supplemented by their parents who have been on banana boat before and know the rules so they have them excersize
at home day and night so once they are on the damn boat they won't let go. So the driver of the boat looks behind
and see nothing but kids flying in all directions but as long as he sees few kids holding on he keeps cranking up the speed
to see at which point he has to slow down to maintain the crazy speed with few strongest individual holding on.

This is what it means to teach to the few strongest kids.

I didn't realize the author of Curriculum 2.0 is on our little message board. I feel honored. What a wonderful success it was to lump every ability level together in one class and teach to the bottom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP again. Interestingly, there are some kids who were placed in AIM who were not in Compacted Math. They find it incredibly difficult, but the teacher doesn’t seem to be slowing the class down on their behalf.

The teacher shouldn't slow down the class and the parents should supplement if the kids need more help.

I can not help but visualize this as follows:

The school is a bananaboat.. the teacher is a driver of the motorboat that pulls it. The speed of the bananaboat is dictated
by the driver who tries to drive as fast as humanly possible. The kids are dropping off the bananaboat right left and center
but the few strongest ones, the ones that have been blessed by early birth dates or redshirting, have stonger hands, and also
they are supplemented by their parents who have been on banana boat before and know the rules so they have them excersize
at home day and night so once they are on the damn boat they won't let go. So the driver of the boat looks behind
and see nothing but kids flying in all directions but as long as he sees few kids holding on he keeps cranking up the speed
to see at which point he has to slow down to maintain the crazy speed with few strongest individual holding on.

This is what it means to teach to the few strongest kids.

Except that AIM is specifically designed for kids who need the extra challenge.

If your kid is having difficulty, why would you push to keep them in AIM? There are plenty of other options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid went from a regional CES to the home MS. 99% for MAP scores.

She likes the AIM HIGH courses. English is pretty sad because it’s mixed ability English and there are some kids who have trouble writing basic sentences. Science has been good because she has a good teacher.

same with my child. mixed ability classes are the biggest issues. she is bored while the rest of the class tries to get caught up.

[Anonymous]

Were there kids who scored in the 99th percentile within MCPS (vs 99 percentile nationally). Who didn’t get in the magnets? I don’t remember anyone like that posting when the results come out, but of course that doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP again. Interestingly, there are some kids who were placed in AIM who were not in Compacted Math. They find it incredibly difficult, but the teacher doesn’t seem to be slowing the class down on their behalf.

And why should they? If you can't stand the heat, go back to regular math.

Some schools aren’t offering regular math because they serve parents who all think their children are advanced. The school is delivering what the consumer wants —like vanity sized clothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP again. Interestingly, there are some kids who were placed in AIM who were not in Compacted Math. They find it incredibly difficult, but the teacher doesn’t seem to be slowing the class down on their behalf.

And why should they? If you can't stand the heat, go back to regular math.

Some schools aren’t offering regular math because they serve parents who all think their children are advanced. The school is delivering what the consumer wants —like vanity sized clothing.

Which middle school isn't offering regular math?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Were there kids who scored in the 99th percentile within MCPS (vs 99 percentile nationally). Who didn’t get in the magnets? I don’t remember anyone like that posting when the results come out, but of course that doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.

Yes it happens.

It also happens that some don't get in at the MS age, but get in for HS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Were there kids who scored in the 99th percentile within MCPS (vs 99 percentile nationally). Who didn’t get in the magnets? I don’t remember anyone like that posting when the results come out, but of course that doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.

Yes absolutely. My kid was at a regional CES and there were only 8 kid admitted across all three CES classes. There were many really high scoring kids who did not get into the Magnet MS.

MCPS changed the MS Magnets around last year. Instead of pulling just the highest scoring kids, they took lower scoring students who scored high relative to others at their lower performing schools. In other words, a kid with an 89%ile score at a lower performing school would get in over a 99%ile kid at a school with lots of 99%ile kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Were there kids who scored in the 99th percentile within MCPS (vs 99 percentile nationally). Who didn’t get in the magnets? I don’t remember anyone like that posting when the results come out, but of course that doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.

Yes it happens.

It also happens that some don't get in at the MS age, but get in for HS.

It was very common last year due to the admissions changes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Were there kids who scored in the 99th percentile within MCPS (vs 99 percentile nationally). Who didn’t get in the magnets? I don’t remember anyone like that posting when the results come out, but of course that doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.

Yes absolutely. My kid was at a regional CES and there were only 8 kid admitted across all three CES classes. There were many really high scoring kids who did not get into the Magnet MS.

MCPS changed the MS Magnets around last year. Instead of pulling just the highest scoring kids, they took lower scoring students who scored high relative to others at their lower performing schools. In other words, a kid with an 89%ile score at a lower performing school would get in over a 99%ile kid at a school with lots of 99%ile kids.

Exactly! Then the kids who didn't get into in the magnets but are still ahead of an average middle-schooler should take the AIM class that is meant to be challenging.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP again. Interestingly, there are some kids who were placed in AIM who were not in Compacted Math. They find it incredibly difficult, but the teacher doesn’t seem to be slowing the class down on their behalf.

And why should they? If you can't stand the heat, go back to regular math.

Some schools aren’t offering regular math because they serve parents who all think their children are advanced. The school is delivering what the consumer wants —like vanity sized clothing.

Which middle school isn't offering regular math?

They all do. Every single one of them, some have more sections of regular than the others, but they all do. PP has no idea what she's talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP again. Interestingly, there are some kids who were placed in AIM who were not in Compacted Math. They find it incredibly difficult, but the teacher doesn’t seem to be slowing the class down on their behalf.

The teacher shouldn't slow down the class and the parents should supplement if the kids need more help.

I can not help but visualize this as follows:

The school is a bananaboat.. the teacher is a driver of the motorboat that pulls it. The speed of the bananaboat is dictated
by the driver who tries to drive as fast as humanly possible. The kids are dropping off the bananaboat right left and center
but the few strongest ones, the ones that have been blessed by early birth dates or redshirting, have stonger hands, and also
they are supplemented by their parents who have been on banana boat before and know the rules so they have them excersize
at home day and night so once they are on the damn boat they won't let go. So the driver of the boat looks behind
and see nothing but kids flying in all directions but as long as he sees few kids holding on he keeps cranking up the speed
to see at which point he has to slow down to maintain the crazy speed with few strongest individual holding on.

This is what it means to teach to the few strongest kids.

First, in the advanced classes there are more than just the few 'strongest' kids. Second, if you're not advanced ,you catch up first, otherwise you won't even fit in your proverbial bananaboat.
Lady, your analogies are odd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP again. Interestingly, there are some kids who were placed in AIM who were not in Compacted Math. They find it incredibly difficult, but the teacher doesn’t seem to be slowing the class down on their behalf.

And why should they? If you can't stand the heat, go back to regular math.

Some schools aren’t offering regular math because they serve parents who all think their children are advanced. The school is delivering what the consumer wants —like vanity sized clothing.

Which middle school isn't offering regular math?

None of them.

All of them have regular Math and they certainly all offer regular IM (versus AIM).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP again. Interestingly, there are some kids who were placed in AIM who were not in Compacted Math. They find it incredibly difficult, but the teacher doesn’t seem to be slowing the class down on their behalf.

The teacher shouldn't slow down the class and the parents should supplement if the kids need more help.

I can not help but visualize this as follows:

The school is a bananaboat.. the teacher is a driver of the motorboat that pulls it. The speed of the bananaboat is dictated
by the driver who tries to drive as fast as humanly possible. The kids are dropping off the bananaboat right left and center
but the few strongest ones, the ones that have been blessed by early birth dates or redshirting, have stonger hands, and also
they are supplemented by their parents who have been on banana boat before and know the rules so they have them excersize
at home day and night so once they are on the damn boat they won't let go. So the driver of the boat looks behind
and see nothing but kids flying in all directions but as long as he sees few kids holding on he keeps cranking up the speed
to see at which point he has to slow down to maintain the crazy speed with few strongest individual holding on.

This is what it means to teach to the few strongest kids.

First, in the advanced classes there are more than just the few 'strongest' kids. Second, if you're not advanced ,you catch up first, otherwise you won't even fit in your proverbial bananaboat.
Lady, your analogies are odd.

Agree with this PP.

AIM is nothing like a bananaboat. Doubt that the other PP even has a kid in AIM. My kid is in 6th grade AIM at a nonW MS.

AIM is more like a crew team of strong rowers all working together to keep the boat moving along together. The kids work on assignments together. Some are stronger on certain topics than others and they all learn together. They are all capable students who are bright and work hard. The teacher keeps the kids going in the right direction and keeps them making progress versus being stuck in one place.

[Anonymous]

Living under a bridge. It turns out that age 11 was his last opportunity to shine in the world, and now all is lost.