This is just for fun... The most rigorous HS program in DC area.

[Anonymous]

TJ crazies out again?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:RM most difficult, Blair = TJ. My two cents.

RMIB most difficult.

Blair = Poolesville = TJ.

Blair most useful for building an impressive resume because they do the BEST JOB of entering into science competitions. They should be emulated by other schools.

IMHO.

Even though RM IB program is supposed to focus on humanities, reading/writing, TJ students seem to perform better in annual DC area Scholastic Writing Competition, newspaper/yearbook recognition/awards, speech/debate/MUN awards etc. even accounting for the different class size. Why is that?

Do you have any data points on competitions where RMIB kids and TJ went head-to-head and TJ kids won?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:RM most difficult, Blair = TJ. My two cents.

RMIB most difficult.

Blair = Poolesville = TJ.

Blair most useful for building an impressive resume because they do the BEST JOB of entering into science competitions. They should be emulated by other schools.

IMHO.

Even though RM IB program is supposed to focus on humanities, reading/writing, TJ students seem to perform better in annual DC area Scholastic Writing Competition, newspaper/yearbook recognition/awards, speech/debate/MUN awards etc. even accounting for the different class size. Why is that?

"I teach HL IB English at an International School; I also teach AP English. AP English is significantly more intense, difficult, and content-dense. In the International School world in Europe, students and parents believe (no matter how I explain otherwise) that IB is "better" and "harder", and this is disastrous for the students who take AP English believing it is easier. Plus, students who love literature really miss out by taking IB English rather than AP.

The Math teachers at our school who teach both IB and AP also agree that AP is more rigorous.

IB is the Emperor's new clothes of education, and the philosophical component sounds great, but is largely worthless and is executed at the expense of subject matter content, in my opinion. My own son did the AP Diploma; I strongly discouraged him from doing IB. I am a bit sad to see some very intelligent kids who love literature in my HL IB classes this year, as opposed to my AP class, because I know they would get so much more out of AP.

IB was developed for the International School world and that is where I am teaching; I don't even see how it is fully implemented/applicable to schools in America. And yet, even in overseas International Schools, I think AP is vastly superior."

Please... No more cut-and-paste of someone else's posts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:RM most difficult, Blair = TJ. My two cents.

RMIB most difficult.

Blair = Poolesville = TJ.

Blair most useful for building an impressive resume because they do the BEST JOB of entering into science competitions. They should be emulated by other schools.

IMHO.

Even though RM IB program is supposed to focus on humanities, reading/writing, TJ students seem to perform better in annual DC area Scholastic Writing Competition, newspaper/yearbook recognition/awards, speech/debate/MUN awards etc. even accounting for the different class size. Why is that?

Do you have any data points on competitions where RMIB kids and TJ went head-to-head and TJ kids won?

http://www.writopialab.org/dc-2015-winners.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:RM most difficult, Blair = TJ. My two cents.

RMIB most difficult.

Blair = Poolesville = TJ.

Blair most useful for building an impressive resume because they do the BEST JOB of entering into science competitions. They should be emulated by other schools.

IMHO.

Even though RM IB program is supposed to focus on humanities, reading/writing, TJ students seem to perform better in annual DC area Scholastic Writing Competition, newspaper/yearbook recognition/awards, speech/debate/MUN awards etc. even accounting for the different class size. Why is that?

Do you have any data points on competitions where RMIB kids and TJ went head-to-head and TJ kids won?

http://bestdelegate.com/the-150-best-high-school-model-un-teams-in-north-america-2013-2014/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:RM most difficult, Blair = TJ. My two cents.

RMIB most difficult.

Blair = Poolesville = TJ.

Blair most useful for building an impressive resume because they do the BEST JOB of entering into science competitions. They should be emulated by other schools.

IMHO.

Even though RM IB program is supposed to focus on humanities, reading/writing, TJ students seem to perform better in annual DC area Scholastic Writing Competition, newspaper/yearbook recognition/awards, speech/debate/MUN awards etc. even accounting for the different class size. Why is that?

Do you have any data points on competitions where RMIB kids and TJ went head-to-head and TJ kids won?

http://hsqbrank.com/2015/08/24/2015-preseason-top-25/#more-662

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:RM most difficult, Blair = TJ. My two cents.

RMIB most difficult.

Blair = Poolesville = TJ.

Blair most useful for building an impressive resume because they do the BEST JOB of entering into science competitions. They should be emulated by other schools.

IMHO.

Even though RM IB program is supposed to focus on humanities, reading/writing, TJ students seem to perform better in annual DC area Scholastic Writing Competition, newspaper/yearbook recognition/awards, speech/debate/MUN awards etc. even accounting for the different class size. Why is that?

Do you have any data points on competitions where RMIB kids and TJ went head-to-head and TJ kids won?

http://www.studentpress.org/nspa/winners/npm14w.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:RM most difficult, Blair = TJ. My two cents.

RMIB most difficult.

Blair = Poolesville = TJ.

Blair most useful for building an impressive resume because they do the BEST JOB of entering into science competitions. They should be emulated by other schools.

IMHO.

Even though RM IB program is supposed to focus on humanities, reading/writing, TJ students seem to perform better in annual DC area Scholastic Writing Competition, newspaper/yearbook recognition/awards, speech/debate/MUN awards etc. even accounting for the different class size. Why is that?

Do you have any data points on competitions where RMIB kids and TJ went head-to-head and TJ kids won?

http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/About/Awards/AA/AA2013/VIRGINIA.pdf
http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/About/Awards/AA/AA2014/VA.pdf

[Anonymous]

^ ?

I think you misunderstood PP (@21:35). These links don't provide "RMIB vs TJ" head-to-head competition winners.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^ ?

I think you misunderstood PP (@21:35). These links don't provide "RMIB vs TJ" head-to-head competition winners.

How is one able to find "RMIB vs TJ" head-to-head competition winners"? You can only look for awards or recognition in the relevant activities that are open to all public high school teams/clubs to compete including TJ and RM IB such as writing competitions, Model UN conferences, yearbook recognition, school newspaper awards etc.

[Anonymous]

I think it's been established that RMIB, Blair and TJ are excellent schools (as well as several privates).

Can anyone speak to the STEM program at Eleanor Roosevelt -- what it offers compared to other top schools in the area and what kids get out of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it's been established that RMIB, Blair and TJ are excellent schools (as well as several privates).

Can anyone speak to the STEM program at Eleanor Roosevelt -- what it offers compared to other top schools in the area and what kids get out of it.

Right but RM IB booster makes offensive remarks (TJ crazies etc.) and makes inaccurate statements obsessively saying RM IB is better, more rigorous than TJ based on unsubstantiated claim that ALL 41 NMSF winners from RM are from RM IB and none are from non-IB RM students, incorrectly states over and over that there are 162 TJ NMSF winners when the correct number is 164 and keeps insisting the TJ senior class is 500 when it is about 456.

If RM IB is so rigorous to be more rigorous and better than TJ, how is it that TJ students perform better in writing, Model UN, debate, newspaper, yearbook etc.? Stop being so offensive or defensive in this case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's been established that RMIB, Blair and TJ are excellent schools (as well as several privates).

Can anyone speak to the STEM program at Eleanor Roosevelt -- what it offers compared to other top schools in the area and what kids get out of it.

Right but RM IB booster makes offensive remarks (TJ crazies etc.) and makes inaccurate statements obsessively saying RM IB is better, more rigorous than TJ based on unsubstantiated claim that ALL 41 NMSF winners from RM are from RM IB and none are from non-IB RM students, incorrectly states over and over that there are 162 TJ NMSF winners when the correct number is 164 and keeps insisting the TJ senior class is 500 when it is about 456.

If RM IB is so rigorous to be more rigorous and better than TJ, how is it that TJ students perform better in writing, Model UN, debate, newspaper, yearbook etc.? Stop being so offensive or defensive in this case.

But they are. My DC is one of them and DC knows who is in the program and who is not.

PP - Sorry but I don't know anything about ERoosevelt STEM program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's been established that RMIB, Blair and TJ are excellent schools (as well as several privates).

Can anyone speak to the STEM program at Eleanor Roosevelt -- what it offers compared to other top schools in the area and what kids get out of it.

Right but RM IB booster makes offensive remarks (TJ crazies etc.) and makes inaccurate statements obsessively saying RM IB is better, more rigorous than TJ based on unsubstantiated claim that ALL 41 NMSF winners from RM are from RM IB and none are from non-IB RM students, incorrectly states over and over that there are 162 TJ NMSF winners when the correct number is 164 and keeps insisting the TJ senior class is 500 when it is about 456.

If RM IB is so rigorous to be more rigorous and better than TJ, how is it that TJ students perform better in writing, Model UN, debate, newspaper, yearbook etc.? Stop being so offensive or defensive in this case.

But they are. My DC is one of them and DC knows who is in the program and who is not.

Assuming your DC knows all 100 students in the RM IB program which seems somewhat unlikely, isn't it odd that none of the some 400 students who attend RM who are not in the IB made nmsf? Is RM that bad of a school to have zero nmsf winners? Besides, you have provided zero source for your assertion other than your say so.

Also, you are awfully silent on how RM IB is so lacking in writing, MUN, debate, yearbook, newspaper etc. recognition (not to mention various STEM competitions) when you claim RM IB is the most rigorous program in the DC area more rigorous/better than TJ and any disagreements (with sources) are met with name calling and insulting remarks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's been established that RMIB, Blair and TJ are excellent schools (as well as several privates).

Can anyone speak to the STEM program at Eleanor Roosevelt -- what it offers compared to other top schools in the area and what kids get out of it.

Right but RM IB booster makes offensive remarks (TJ crazies etc.) and makes inaccurate statements obsessively saying RM IB is better, more rigorous than TJ based on unsubstantiated claim that ALL 41 NMSF winners from RM are from RM IB and none are from non-IB RM students, incorrectly states over and over that there are 162 TJ NMSF winners when the correct number is 164 and keeps insisting the TJ senior class is 500 when it is about 456.

If RM IB is so rigorous to be more rigorous and better than TJ, how is it that TJ students perform better in writing, Model UN, debate, newspaper, yearbook etc.? Stop being so offensive or defensive in this case.

But they are. My DC is one of them and DC knows who is in the program and who is not.

Assuming your DC knows all 100 students in the RM IB program which seems somewhat unlikely, isn't it odd that none of the some 400 students who attend RM who are not in the IB made nmsf? Is RM that bad of a school to have zero nmsf winners? Besides, you have provided zero source for your assertion other than your say so.

Also, you are awfully silent on how RM IB is so lacking in writing, MUN, debate, yearbook, newspaper etc. recognition (not to mention various STEM competitions) when you claim RM IB is the most rigorous program in the DC area more rigorous/better than TJ and any disagreements (with sources) are met with name calling and insulting remarks.

What is so odd about knowing 100 kids DC spent 3 years with? Many kids (who came up the same Middle School magnet program) over 7 years? You spend 3 years with the same people and you don't know who they are?

IB kids win plenty of awards but the school admin "plays down" the accomplishment of magnet kids because there are 400 non program kids. They need to be more sensitive to make sure peaceful coexistence of magnet/no-magnet kids. This is why you don't see much friction between two groups. Do you really want me to go thru every monthly letter Principal sends out to collect award winners?