Why w school students not preferred in Blair magnet

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DC will be in 9th grade in a W high school. Did not make it to Blair SMAC magnet. Talking to others I get a feeling that very few (2 or 3) students from MS made it to Blair though MS is one of the very good schools, with so many bright kids. Why is it that the screening committee would prefer to select a student from non w school area over the one from w school with former having equal or lesser scores? Why is this assumption made that a student from silver spring would benefit more from Blair magnet than the one who would go to Churchill or Walter Johnson or Wooten.

By "bright" you mean "white," and by "white" you mean "superior," OP. The assumption that the county's more affluent neighborhoods produce fundamentally smarter and more capable students is a reflection of classism and barely-concealed racism in those neighborhoods. (And no, the presence of some people of color in those schools and neighborhoods does not counter this reality.) I grew up in Bethesda and attending a W school, where the seemingly benign "nothing but the best for my kid" mentality reflects an assumption that the offspring of the Bethesda/Potomac bourgeois have a birthright to better resources, better access to better programs, etc. than other taxpayers in the county.

There are 16 high schools that can apply to Blair SMAC. The largest number of kids come from Takoma (logical since they had the benefit of the middle magnet- approx. 40 most years). Second highest MS is Wooten (a W school!). Most other schools only have a few kids accepted. Let's not create bias here.

Ummm....the OP's post "created" the bias or the perception thereof. PP just called it out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The subtext of OP's post was clear. She believes that (wealthy, white, Asian) kids are being systematically denied entrance to the SMAC program. The only reason to believe that is because you think 3 kids per year or whatever is too few, because "W kids" should get more spots.

Seriously?! Why are Asians a majority in the SMAC program? And why are they struggling and requiring tutoring? Dr. Li, any ideas?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The subtext of OP's post was clear. She believes that (wealthy, white, Asian) kids are being systematically denied entrance to the SMAC program. The only reason to believe that is because you think 3 kids per year or whatever is too few, because "W kids" should get more spots.

Seriously?! Why are Asians a majority in the SMAC program? And why are they struggling and requiring tutoring? Dr. Li, any ideas?

Where do you see struggling and required tutoring? I only read about a bored child. My child is working very hard to keep his straight A record that came very easily to him in our local middle (and is not Asian).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The subtext of OP's post was clear. She believes that (wealthy, white, Asian) kids are being systematically denied entrance to the SMAC program. The only reason to believe that is because you think 3 kids per year or whatever is too few, because "W kids" should get more spots.

Seriously?! Why are Asians a majority in the SMAC program? And why are they struggling and requiring tutoring? Dr. Li, any ideas?

Where do you see struggling and required tutoring? I only read about a bored child. My child is working very hard to keep his straight A record that came very easily to him in our local middle (and is not Asian).

Why do you think that all the other kids in the magnet are like your kids? Again, why are so many magnet students getting tutored out of their skulls?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The subtext of OP's post was clear. She believes that (wealthy, white, Asian) kids are being systematically denied entrance to the SMAC program. The only reason to believe that is because you think 3 kids per year or whatever is too few, because "W kids" should get more spots.

Seriously?! Why are Asians a majority in the SMAC program? And why are they struggling and requiring tutoring? Dr. Li, any ideas?

Where do you see struggling and required tutoring? I only read about a bored child. My child is working very hard to keep his straight A record that came very easily to him in our local middle (and is not Asian).

Why do you think that all the other kids in the magnet are like your kids? Again, why are so many magnet students getting tutored out of their skulls?

Who says they are?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The subtext of OP's post was clear. She believes that (wealthy, white, Asian) kids are being systematically denied entrance to the SMAC program. The only reason to believe that is because you think 3 kids per year or whatever is too few, because "W kids" should get more spots.

Seriously?! Why are Asians a majority in the SMAC program? And why are they struggling and requiring tutoring? Dr. Li, any ideas?

Where do you see struggling and required tutoring? I only read about a bored child. My child is working very hard to keep his straight A record that came very easily to him in our local middle (and is not Asian).

Why do you think that all the other kids in the magnet are like your kids? Again, why are so many magnet students getting tutored out of their skulls?

Please share where you have learned that kids are being "tutored out of their skulls"!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The subtext of OP's post was clear. She believes that (wealthy, white, Asian) kids are being systematically denied entrance to the SMAC program. The only reason to believe that is because you think 3 kids per year or whatever is too few, because "W kids" should get more spots.

Seriously?! Why are Asians a majority in the SMAC program? And why are they struggling and requiring tutoring? Dr. Li, any ideas?

Where do you see struggling and required tutoring? I only read about a bored child. My child is working very hard to keep his straight A record that came very easily to him in our local middle (and is not Asian).

Why do you think that all the other kids in the magnet are like your kids? Again, why are so many magnet students getting tutored out of their skulls?

Please share where you have learned that kids are being "tutored out of their skulls"!

Ignorance is BLISS. That is the Blair motto, n?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The subtext of OP's post was clear. She believes that (wealthy, white, Asian) kids are being systematically denied entrance to the SMAC program. The only reason to believe that is because you think 3 kids per year or whatever is too few, because "W kids" should get more spots.

Seriously?! Why are Asians a majority in the SMAC program? And why are they struggling and requiring tutoring? Dr. Li, any ideas?

Where do you see struggling and required tutoring? I only read about a bored child. My child is working very hard to keep his straight A record that came very easily to him in our local middle (and is not Asian).

Why do you think that all the other kids in the magnet are like your kids? Again, why are so many magnet students getting tutored out of their skulls?

Please share where you have learned that kids are being "tutored out of their skulls"!

Ignorance is BLISS. That is the Blair motto, n?

I actually think that one applies to you. LOL... I don't understand why people post things they clearly have no clue. That means YOU PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The subtext of OP's post was clear. She believes that (wealthy, white, Asian) kids are being systematically denied entrance to the SMAC program. The only reason to believe that is because you think 3 kids per year or whatever is too few, because "W kids" should get more spots.

Seriously?! Why are Asians a majority in the SMAC program? And why are they struggling and requiring tutoring? Dr. Li, any ideas?

Where do you see struggling and required tutoring? I only read about a bored child. My child is working very hard to keep his straight A record that came very easily to him in our local middle (and is not Asian).

Why do you think that all the other kids in the magnet are like your kids? Again, why are so many magnet students getting tutored out of their skulls?

what's wrong with hiring tutors and why do you care how other parents spend their own money on their own children?

[Anonymous]

I think the poster was pointing out that Blair is going downhill and students are increasingly relying on tutors.

Personally, my experience bears out that conclusion and I don't begrudge anyone spending money on tutoring. I know many who make a good living off Blair.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The subtext of OP's post was clear. She believes that (wealthy, white, Asian) kids are being systematically denied entrance to the SMAC program. The only reason to believe that is because you think 3 kids per year or whatever is too few, because "W kids" should get more spots.

Seriously?! Why are Asians a majority in the SMAC program? And why are they struggling and requiring tutoring? Dr. Li, any ideas?

Where do you see struggling and required tutoring? I only read about a bored child. My child is working very hard to keep his straight A record that came very easily to him in our local middle (and is not Asian).

Why do you think that all the other kids in the magnet are like your kids? Again, why are so many magnet students getting tutored out of their skulls?

Please share where you have learned that kids are being "tutored out of their skulls"!

Ignorance is BLISS. That is the Blair motto, n?

I actually think that one applies to you. LOL... I don't understand why people post things they clearly have no clue. That means YOU PP.

Agreed..I think PP is one of those well my neighbor knows someone whose kid said that they heard... There are probably kids in SMAC that are tutored and kids that are not in SMAC that are tutored..some that are in special ed..and some who actually tutor other kids.

[Anonymous]

MCPS only serves a fraction of a fraction of the gifted & talented students other counties' G&T programs serve.

Plus, the logistics are terrible for 75% of the 200-school student body -- 60-120 minute commutes in rush hour!?

what a school district. yeah.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS only serves a fraction of a fraction of the gifted & talented students other counties' G&T programs serve.

Plus, the logistics are terrible for 75% of the 200-school student body -- 60-120 minute commutes in rush hour!?

what a school district. yeah.

The students MCPS claims to be GT are not GT. As MCPS admin Marty Creel admitted to the newspapers, they tested above grade to the MCPS curriculum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS only serves a fraction of a fraction of the gifted & talented students other counties' G&T programs serve.

Plus, the logistics are terrible for 75% of the 200-school student body -- 60-120 minute commutes in rush hour!?

what a school district. yeah.

The students MCPS claims to be GT are not GT. As MCPS admin Marty Creel admitted to the newspapers, they tested above grade to the MCPS curriculum.

Moved to another state because of career demands and found that the curriculum and instruction my kids experienced at MCPS was mediocre compared to what they are experiencing now. MCPS seems to have lowered standards for gifted programs and Blair is a casualty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS only serves a fraction of a fraction of the gifted & talented students other counties' G&T programs serve.

Plus, the logistics are terrible for 75% of the 200-school student body -- 60-120 minute commutes in rush hour!?

what a school district. yeah.

The students MCPS claims to be GT are not GT. As MCPS admin Marty Creel admitted to the newspapers, they tested above grade to the MCPS curriculum.

Moved to another state because of career demands and found that the curriculum and instruction my kids experienced at MCPS was mediocre compared to what they are experiencing now. MCPS seems to have lowered standards for gifted programs and Blair is a casualty.

Yeah sure