If you are wealthy would you send your kids to a W school over private?

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Anonymous wrote:Will your kids end up wealthier going to a public or private school? I say private with all of the connections and softer skills they acquire. School is about so much more than just classes.

I don’t disagree per se but this seems more dependent on the type of college or university.

That said, is setting up kids to be as wealthy as possible a big consideration?

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Anonymous wrote:Will your kids end up wealthier going to a public or private school? I say private with all of the connections and softer skills they acquire. School is about so much more than just classes.

I don’t disagree per se but this seems more dependent on the type of college or university.

That said, is setting up kids to be as wealthy as possible a big consideration?

No, it’s not. Despite what people on this forum like to say about private school parents.

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Anonymous wrote:If you have a student who is gifted in math and science, the publics offer accelerated classes that the private schools do not. They have large enough cohorts to offer classes beyond APs, like multivariable calc or science electives taught by NIH retirees.

We’ve been over this already. We showed you the course catalogs from top private schools and proved that this is wrong. Do we need to rehash this?

Apparently, we do. The privates are not even close in math and science options, or in providing an advanced math cohort.

Look at the 8-9 course catalogs I posted.

But when was the last time they actually offered these classes?
Been there, done that, moved on far away from the marketing plot.

It’s clear to me you’ll desperately hang onto your belief, regardless of what evidence anyone puts in front of you. If I told you they offered it every year, you’d tell me, “well how long will that last?”

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Anonymous wrote:If you have a student who is gifted in math and science, the publics offer accelerated classes that the private schools do not. They have large enough cohorts to offer classes beyond APs, like multivariable calc or science electives taught by NIH retirees.

We’ve been over this already. We showed you the course catalogs from top private schools and proved that this is wrong. Do we need to rehash this?

Apparently, we do. The privates are not even close in math and science options, or in providing an advanced math cohort.

Look at the 8-9 course catalogs I posted.

that doesn't show the number of cohorts in the class. I stated above, my kid's HS needs two MVC classes.

Your kid’s HS is probably 4 times larger than most private schools, so the percentage of the class in MVC is likely comparable to private, if not lower.

Simple math, my friend.

um.. that's the point. Public schools like that will have a larger high achieving cohort than private. More kids to make friends with.

Before we moved here, there was only one single kid who was reading at the same level as my DC (3 grades above). When we moved here to the DC area, half the class was reading at DC's level. It was so great for DC to have a large peer cohort.

Having a good sized high achieving peer cohort is important for those who are high achieving, and that applies to private or lower performing schools. And btw, we used to live in a very wealthy area.

But that doesn’t mean public schools are better at teaching math, which is the contention here. It just means they’re bigger.

But public schools are better at teaching math. Math competitions results prove it.

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Anonymous wrote:If you have a student who is gifted in math and science, the publics offer accelerated classes that the private schools do not. They have large enough cohorts to offer classes beyond APs, like multivariable calc or science electives taught by NIH retirees.

We’ve been over this already. We showed you the course catalogs from top private schools and proved that this is wrong. Do we need to rehash this?

Apparently, we do. The privates are not even close in math and science options, or in providing an advanced math cohort.

Look at the 8-9 course catalogs I posted.

that doesn't show the number of cohorts in the class. I stated above, my kid's HS needs two MVC classes.

Your kid’s HS is probably 4 times larger than most private schools, so the percentage of the class in MVC is likely comparable to private, if not lower.

Simple math, my friend.

um.. that's the point. Public schools like that will have a larger high achieving cohort than private. More kids to make friends with.

Before we moved here, there was only one single kid who was reading at the same level as my DC (3 grades above). When we moved here to the DC area, half the class was reading at DC's level. It was so great for DC to have a large peer cohort.

Having a good sized high achieving peer cohort is important for those who are high achieving, and that applies to private or lower performing schools. And btw, we used to live in a very wealthy area.

But that doesn’t mean public schools are better at teaching math, which is the contention here. It just means they’re bigger.

But public schools are better at teaching math. Math competitions results prove it.

Take out the magnet kids, as private school kids also get into those programs.

Also, show me that private school kids try to compete in those and fail.

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Lastly, how do you square MCPS’s crappy math state test results with your argument that they’re great at teaching math?

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90% of kids in MoCo go to public school. If 90% of the kids winning math competitions are from public schools, all that means is public schools are performing as expected based on the population.

This is easy math, people.

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Anonymous wrote:If you have a student who is gifted in math and science, the publics offer accelerated classes that the private schools do not. They have large enough cohorts to offer classes beyond APs, like multivariable calc or science electives taught by NIH retirees.

We’ve been over this already. We showed you the course catalogs from top private schools and proved that this is wrong. Do we need to rehash this?

Apparently, we do. The privates are not even close in math and science options, or in providing an advanced math cohort.

Look at the 8-9 course catalogs I posted.

But when was the last time they actually offered these classes?
Been there, done that, moved on far away from the marketing plot.

It’s clear to me you’ll desperately hang onto your belief, regardless of what evidence anyone puts in front of you. If I told you they offered it every year, you’d tell me, “well how long will that last?”

Uh?? you got the wrong poster.
What I poster up was my experience. 2 private schools had advanced math listed on their course catalogs, but they had not offered the classes for at least 2 years when I inquired.
It was just marketing plot.

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Anonymous wrote:If you have a student who is gifted in math and science, the publics offer accelerated classes that the private schools do not. They have large enough cohorts to offer classes beyond APs, like multivariable calc or science electives taught by NIH retirees.

We’ve been over this already. We showed you the course catalogs from top private schools and proved that this is wrong. Do we need to rehash this?

Apparently, we do. The privates are not even close in math and science options, or in providing an advanced math cohort.

Look at the 8-9 course catalogs I posted.

But when was the last time they actually offered these classes?
Been there, done that, moved on far away from the marketing plot.

It’s clear to me you’ll desperately hang onto your belief, regardless of what evidence anyone puts in front of you. If I told you they offered it every year, you’d tell me, “well how long will that last?”

Uh?? you got the wrong poster.
What I poster up was my experience. 2 private schools had advanced math listed on their course catalogs, but they had not offered the classes for at least 2 years when I inquired.
It was just marketing plot.

Name the schools and the classes.

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Anonymous wrote:90% of kids in MoCo go to public school. If 90% of the kids winning math competitions are from public schools, all that means is public schools are performing as expected based on the population.

This is easy math, people.

Idiot. We are not talking about percentages.

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Anonymous wrote:90% of kids in MoCo go to public school. If 90% of the kids winning math competitions are from public schools, all that means is public schools are performing as expected based on the population.

This is easy math, people.

Idiot. We are not talking about percentages.

Ah but you have to if you’re talking about whether a certain part of the population is performing well.

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Anonymous wrote:If you have a student who is gifted in math and science, the publics offer accelerated classes that the private schools do not. They have large enough cohorts to offer classes beyond APs, like multivariable calc or science electives taught by NIH retirees.

We’ve been over this already. We showed you the course catalogs from top private schools and proved that this is wrong. Do we need to rehash this?

Apparently, we do. The privates are not even close in math and science options, or in providing an advanced math cohort.

Look at the 8-9 course catalogs I posted.

that doesn't show the number of cohorts in the class. I stated above, my kid's HS needs two MVC classes.

Your kid’s HS is probably 4 times larger than most private schools, so the percentage of the class in MVC is likely comparable to private, if not lower.

Simple math, my friend.

um.. that's the point. Public schools like that will have a larger high achieving cohort than private. More kids to make friends with.

Before we moved here, there was only one single kid who was reading at the same level as my DC (3 grades above). When we moved here to the DC area, half the class was reading at DC's level. It was so great for DC to have a large peer cohort.

Having a good sized high achieving peer cohort is important for those who are high achieving, and that applies to private or lower performing schools. And btw, we used to live in a very wealthy area.

But that doesn’t mean public schools are better at teaching math, which is the contention here. It just means they’re bigger.

But public schools are better at teaching math. Math competitions results prove it.

Take out the magnet kids, as private school kids also get into those programs.

Also, show me that private school kids try to compete in those and fail.

But publics do have great magnets that attract very high achieving kids, including as you stated, even private kids apply to.

I think recently there was a MS math competition that a non magnet MCPS MS won in. It was in a W cluster.

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Anonymous wrote:If you have a student who is gifted in math and science, the publics offer accelerated classes that the private schools do not. They have large enough cohorts to offer classes beyond APs, like multivariable calc or science electives taught by NIH retirees.

We’ve been over this already. We showed you the course catalogs from top private schools and proved that this is wrong. Do we need to rehash this?

Apparently, we do. The privates are not even close in math and science options, or in providing an advanced math cohort.

Look at the 8-9 course catalogs I posted.

that doesn't show the number of cohorts in the class. I stated above, my kid's HS needs two MVC classes.

Your kid’s HS is probably 4 times larger than most private schools, so the percentage of the class in MVC is likely comparable to private, if not lower.

Simple math, my friend.

um.. that's the point. Public schools like that will have a larger high achieving cohort than private. More kids to make friends with.

Before we moved here, there was only one single kid who was reading at the same level as my DC (3 grades above). When we moved here to the DC area, half the class was reading at DC's level. It was so great for DC to have a large peer cohort.

Having a good sized high achieving peer cohort is important for those who are high achieving, and that applies to private or lower performing schools. And btw, we used to live in a very wealthy area.

But that doesn’t mean public schools are better at teaching math, which is the contention here. It just means they’re bigger.

But public schools are better at teaching math. Math competitions results prove it.

Take out the magnet kids, as private school kids also get into those programs.

Also, show me that private school kids try to compete in those and fail.

But publics do have great magnets that attract very high achieving kids, including as you stated, even private kids apply to.

I think recently there was a MS math competition that a non magnet MCPS MS won in. It was in a W cluster.

Ok, but again — that’s expected purely based on probability since 90% of kids in MoCo go to public school.

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Let’s please let the OP or whomever have this and shut this thread down. For some reason they will not believe that in this area there are plenty of folks that can afford private school and yet still send their kids to public school. Nor plenty of kids leave MCPS prepared for college and then go onto lead normal happy healthy lives.

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Anonymous wrote:Lastly, how do you square MCPS’s crappy math state test results with your argument that they’re great at teaching math?

Low income kids