Middle school dilemma: Eliot-Hine/Stuart Hobson/Jefferson

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Until at least a few Asians with Asian parents start enrolling at SH, EH and JA we’re not touching them either. -POC Mom on the Hill. PS. You stop.

I fully understand why as an Asian parent you might not want your kid to be an “only.” But the “Asian presence” metric is otherwise a bit odd …

Asians are just odd, right? There’s a reason that Fairfax is trying to beat back Asian erollment. Oddly enough.

I mean yes, it’s odd to use Asian enrollment as the argument for why you shouldn’t enroll your kid in W6 schools, unless perhaps you are an Asian parent who doesn’t want your kid to be an extreme minority. Are you trying to say W6 schools discriminate against Asians? Concerning if true.

As an Asian, I'm disturbed by this troll with the Asian fixation. Asians don't live on the Hill for a number of reasons, not the least of which is lack of good Asian grocery stores in the immediate vicinity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These discussions are the worst.

Latin is impossible to get into. BASIS isn’t for everyone, which anyone who goes there (and some who don’t) will be happy to tell you.

So what is everyone else supposed to do? Breaking news, there are fights and low performing kids in the suburbs too. So unless you can drop $50k a year, you are going to have to deal with some level of nonsense.

My kids have gone through some of these schools. One sailed through, one has had challenges. I also think they would have had challenges anywhere they went.

So these places aren’t perfect, they can also work for some. Like most places…

All this extra hate is unnecessary.

This is not true, especially now that there are two of them. Half of my kid's grade is going to Latin next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Until at least a few Asians with Asian parents start enrolling at SH, EH and JA we’re not touching them either. -POC Mom on the Hill. PS. You stop.

I fully understand why as an Asian parent you might not want your kid to be an “only.” But the “Asian presence” metric is otherwise a bit odd …

Asians are just odd, right? There’s a reason that Fairfax is trying to beat back Asian erollment. Oddly enough.

I mean yes, it’s odd to use Asian enrollment as the argument for why you shouldn’t enroll your kid in W6 schools, unless perhaps you are an Asian parent who doesn’t want your kid to be an extreme minority. Are you trying to say W6 schools discriminate against Asians? Concerning if true.

As an Asian, I'm disturbed by this troll with the Asian fixation. Asians don't live on the Hill for a number of reasons, not the least of which is lack of good Asian grocery stores in the immediate vicinity.

H Mart on H Street now! Or maybe in Hechingers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These discussions are the worst.

Latin is impossible to get into. BASIS isn’t for everyone, which anyone who goes there (and some who don’t) will be happy to tell you.

So what is everyone else supposed to do? Breaking news, there are fights and low performing kids in the suburbs too. So unless you can drop $50k a year, you are going to have to deal with some level of nonsense.

My kids have gone through some of these schools. One sailed through, one has had challenges. I also think they would have had challenges anywhere they went.

So these places aren’t perfect, they can also work for some. Like most places…

All this extra hate is unnecessary.

This is not true, especially now that there are two of them. Half of my kid's grade is going to Latin next year.

that seems statistically impossible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

As an Asian, I'm disturbed by this troll with the Asian fixation. Asians don't live on the Hill for a number of reasons, not the least of which is lack of good Asian grocery stores in the immediate vicinity.

Delivery! https://www.sayweee.com/en
No need to drive out to Great Wall or H-mart

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These discussions are the worst.

Latin is impossible to get into. BASIS isn’t for everyone, which anyone who goes there (and some who don’t) will be happy to tell you.

So what is everyone else supposed to do? Breaking news, there are fights and low performing kids in the suburbs too. So unless you can drop $50k a year, you are going to have to deal with some level of nonsense.

My kids have gone through some of these schools. One sailed through, one has had challenges. I also think they would have had challenges anywhere they went.

So these places aren’t perfect, they can also work for some. Like most places…

All this extra hate is unnecessary.

I'll need you to provide some proof for this. Most of my 4th grader's class is waitlisted with numbers close to 400.

This is not true, especially now that there are two of them. Half of my kid's grade is going to Latin next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These discussions are the worst.

Latin is impossible to get into. BASIS isn’t for everyone, which anyone who goes there (and some who don’t) will be happy to tell you.

So what is everyone else supposed to do? Breaking news, there are fights and low performing kids in the suburbs too. So unless you can drop $50k a year, you are going to have to deal with some level of nonsense.

My kids have gone through some of these schools. One sailed through, one has had challenges. I also think they would have had challenges anywhere they went.

So these places aren’t perfect, they can also work for some. Like most places…

All this extra hate is unnecessary.

This is not true, especially now that there are two of them. Half of my kid's grade is going to Latin next year.

I'll need you to provide some proof for this. Most of my 4th grader's class is waitlisted with numbers close to 400.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These discussions are the worst.

Latin is impossible to get into. BASIS isn’t for everyone, which anyone who goes there (and some who don’t) will be happy to tell you.

So what is everyone else supposed to do? Breaking news, there are fights and low performing kids in the suburbs too. So unless you can drop $50k a year, you are going to have to deal with some level of nonsense.

My kids have gone through some of these schools. One sailed through, one has had challenges. I also think they would have had challenges anywhere they went.

So these places aren’t perfect, they can also work for some. Like most places…

All this extra hate is unnecessary.

This is not true, especially now that there are two of them. Half of my kid's grade is going to Latin next year.

I'll need you to provide some proof for this. Most of my 4th grader's class is waitlisted with numbers close to 400.

I'm not the PP, but I would suggest a lot of those kids are siblings of current Latin students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Until at least a few Asians with Asian parents start enrolling at SH, EH and JA we’re not touching them either. -POC Mom on the Hill. PS. You stop.

I fully understand why as an Asian parent you might not want your kid to be an “only.” But the “Asian presence” metric is otherwise a bit odd …

Asians are just odd, right? There’s a reason that Fairfax is trying to beat back Asian erollment. Oddly enough.

I mean yes, it’s odd to use Asian enrollment as the argument for why you shouldn’t enroll your kid in W6 schools, unless perhaps you are an Asian parent who doesn’t want your kid to be an extreme minority. Are you trying to say W6 schools discriminate against Asians? Concerning if true.

As an Asian, I'm disturbed by this troll with the Asian fixation. Asians don't live on the Hill for a number of reasons, not the least of which is lack of good Asian grocery stores in the immediate vicinity.

Give us a break. This East Asian immigrant who's lived on the Hill since the 90s doesn't mind shopping for Asian groceries in MoCo on weekends, when I take my kids to a heritage language program. Most of our East Asian immigrant and ABC pals in Ward 6 have left over the years, mainly in search of better public schools. Most of them left between 3rd and 6th grades although they were OK with Brent, Maury, SWS, YY etc. We're Christian and went parochial for middle school, after striking out for the Latins and BASIS. They aren't Christian and didn't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Until at least a few Asians with Asian parents start enrolling at SH, EH and JA we’re not touching them either. -POC Mom on the Hill. PS. You stop.

I fully understand why as an Asian parent you might not want your kid to be an “only.” But the “Asian presence” metric is otherwise a bit odd …

Asians are just odd, right? There’s a reason that Fairfax is trying to beat back Asian erollment. Oddly enough.

I mean yes, it’s odd to use Asian enrollment as the argument for why you shouldn’t enroll your kid in W6 schools, unless perhaps you are an Asian parent who doesn’t want your kid to be an extreme minority. Are you trying to say W6 schools discriminate against Asians? Concerning if true.

As an Asian, I'm disturbed by this troll with the Asian fixation. Asians don't live on the Hill for a number of reasons, not the least of which is lack of good Asian grocery stores in the immediate vicinity.

Give us a break. This East Asian immigrant who's lived on the Hill since the 90s doesn't mind shopping for Asian groceries in MoCo on weekends, when I take my kids to a heritage language program. Most of our East Asian immigrant and ABC pals in Ward 6 have left over the years, mainly in search of better public schools. Most of them left between 3rd and 6th grades although they were OK with Brent, Maury, SWS, YY etc. We're Christian and went parochial for middle school, after striking out for the Latins and BASIS. They aren't Christian and didn't.

Why wouldn't you just live in MoCo?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

As an Asian, I'm disturbed by this troll with the Asian fixation. Asians don't live on the Hill for a number of reasons, not the least of which is lack of good Asian grocery stores in the immediate vicinity.

Delivery! https://www.sayweee.com/en
No need to drive out to Great Wall or H-mart

It's the produce I'm really missing, and I like to pick that myself. But thanks for the link!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

As an Asian, I'm disturbed by this troll with the Asian fixation. Asians don't live on the Hill for a number of reasons, not the least of which is lack of good Asian grocery stores in the immediate vicinity.

Delivery! https://www.sayweee.com/en
No need to drive out to Great Wall or H-mart

It's the produce I'm really missing, and I like to pick that myself. But thanks for the link!

You’re welcome! I’ve had good experiences with the produce; and scheduling delivery means doing hot-pot the same day without needing to dedicate freezer space for thin-cut meat etc.

[Anonymous]

I'm curious if the answers to this annual question have changed over the years that this forum has existed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Until at least a few Asians with Asian parents start enrolling at SH, EH and JA we’re not touching them either. -POC Mom on the Hill. PS. You stop.

I fully understand why as an Asian parent you might not want your kid to be an “only.” But the “Asian presence” metric is otherwise a bit odd …

Asians are just odd, right? There’s a reason that Fairfax is trying to beat back Asian erollment. Oddly enough.

I mean yes, it’s odd to use Asian enrollment as the argument for why you shouldn’t enroll your kid in W6 schools, unless perhaps you are an Asian parent who doesn’t want your kid to be an extreme minority. Are you trying to say W6 schools discriminate against Asians? Concerning if true.

As an Asian, I'm disturbed by this troll with the Asian fixation. Asians don't live on the Hill for a number of reasons, not the least of which is lack of good Asian grocery stores in the immediate vicinity.

I'm south Asian and the indicator of "are there enough Asians at this school?" Is pretty funny. It's kind of true, though. Certainly first gen Asian immigrants are very serious about education. I'm second Gen with a white husband, so our standards are slipping, I guess We were happy with a "good enough" DCPS Title 1 elementary (though I suppose I probably supplement a TON at home) but I want them to be in an extremely good high school, so we need a middle school that allows them to be prepared for that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Until at least a few Asians with Asian parents start enrolling at SH, EH and JA we’re not touching them either. -POC Mom on the Hill. PS. You stop.

I fully understand why as an Asian parent you might not want your kid to be an “only.” But the “Asian presence” metric is otherwise a bit odd …

Asians are just odd, right? There’s a reason that Fairfax is trying to beat back Asian erollment. Oddly enough.

I mean yes, it’s odd to use Asian enrollment as the argument for why you shouldn’t enroll your kid in W6 schools, unless perhaps you are an Asian parent who doesn’t want your kid to be an extreme minority. Are you trying to say W6 schools discriminate against Asians? Concerning if true.

As an Asian, I'm disturbed by this troll with the Asian fixation. Asians don't live on the Hill for a number of reasons, not the least of which is lack of good Asian grocery stores in the immediate vicinity.

Give us a break. This East Asian immigrant who's lived on the Hill since the 90s doesn't mind shopping for Asian groceries in MoCo on weekends, when I take my kids to a heritage language program. Most of our East Asian immigrant and ABC pals in Ward 6 have left over the years, mainly in search of better public schools. Most of them left between 3rd and 6th grades although they were OK with Brent, Maury, SWS, YY etc. We're Christian and went parochial for middle school, after striking out for the Latins and BASIS. They aren't Christian and didn't.

Why wouldn't you just live in MoCo?

Why wouldn't you? Like many other locals, our jobs, good friends, place of worship, community, activities, hard-won and self-renovated real estate is all on the Hill. We can comfortably afford parochial schools after ES. No interest in moving although we wish that more Asians around with teens stuck around.