Thank god freshman year of HS is done!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Glad it is done too. 2 AP classes.
Plus an over confident DS who thought he will get an A without completing all the assignments. He only focused on the higher percentage assignments. got like an 89. something and teacher did not round up. He begged her to round it up.

It was a good lesson of not taking shortcuts.. hope he gets it.

Oh hi are you me?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It was a tough one because mcps doesn't support students.
It shouldn't have been tough.
Spend your summer mentally and emotionally ally preparing for 3 worse years.

It was smooth sailing for my 9th grader. They are at RMIB. The support was amazing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Glad it is done too. 2 AP classes.
Plus an over confident DS who thought he will get an A without completing all the assignments. He only focused on the higher percentage assignments. got like an 89. something and teacher did not round up. He begged her to round it up.

It was a good lesson of not taking shortcuts.. hope he gets it.

I’m a teacher and will never round up if kids are missing work. Too many think “it’s only 10%” - but at the end, when you wish you had 1% more … it turns out that it mattered.

Flip side is that when a kid is always on top of their work, never late, and consistent scores on quizzes/tests, then I will always double check and likely bump because they might have lost one or two points due to misreading a question or me grading strictly, but actually demonstrated knowledge of the higher letter grade.

Mcps has reinforced terrible learning habits.
Until this year there was no point in doing dome addignments. They were low reward and a 50% was enough not to make a difference. Surprise! This year they talked you by an entire letter grade.

Thisnisnretakable so don't worry. Sorry that's notnretskable you should have studied. Teacher accepted this assignment 3 wreks late at the beginning of the quarter. Sorry that assignment is an hour overdue. You get a zero.
It's difficult enough for an adult to thrive in an inconsistent environment. Cruel for a child and reprehensible for a child on the spectrum or with adhd.

Sorry for the typos!
I was day drinking to drown my misery about the poor choices I made by moving to this school district.

[Anonymous]

It was a great year for my 9th grader. We were just talking about it at dinner. He liked most of teachers/classes, made new friends who came from the other MS in the cluster, loved the independence of going off campus at lunch, loves being in the music program (though no trombone awards!), and got all As and Bs, which would make it a bad year for some of you, but we actually think he did great (and only one AP - the horror!).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It was a tough one because mcps doesn't support students.
It shouldn't have been tough.
Spend your summer mentally and emotionally ally preparing for 3 worse years.

MCPS supports students. MCPS doesn't coddle students. Teach your kid self-advocacy skills.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Does your kid have an IEP or a 504? Legally they have to help your kid. I’d raise hell if they were getting left behind.

DP. Child has IEP. Most teachers were ok. One teacher did not care. I guess that we could have pushed it more but we left it instead as a learning opportunity for the kid. Hopefully, kid will not need to redo in summer school.

[Anonymous]

My rising sophomore did AMAZING! Like everyone she did virtual MCPS in 6th except for the last 6 weeks, did half of seventh before being admitted for suicidal ideation and attempts, missed all of eighth while at a therapeutic school, and came home last June. She started ninth with a safety plan and not knowing a single person. She made friends, enjoyed her teachers, and just graduated from therapy last week. Her grades were As and Bs but that wasn’t the priority.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was a tough one because mcps doesn't support students.
It shouldn't have been tough.
Spend your summer mentally and emotionally ally preparing for 3 worse years.

How did it not support your student this year?

Mcps operates under the theory that children are adults. There is a classroom. As many students can be squeezed into that classroom as space allows. Classes are as large as some college classes. If your student is motivated, intelligent, has adult like executive functioning skills and had the social support and financial resources to take care of any short comings that prevent them from doing well- then they will do well
If not- screw you, you lazy pos!

I think this is so funny. Thanks for the laugh.

[Anonymous]

MCpS 9th grade was a breath of fresh air after MCPS middle school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My rising sophomore did AMAZING! Like everyone she did virtual MCPS in 6th except for the last 6 weeks, did half of seventh before being admitted for suicidal ideation and attempts, missed all of eighth while at a therapeutic school, and came home last June. She started ninth with a safety plan and not knowing a single person. She made friends, enjoyed her teachers, and just graduated from therapy last week. Her grades were As and Bs but that wasn’t the priority.

This is amazing and I am thrilled for you and your DD!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was a tough one because mcps doesn't support students.
It shouldn't have been tough.
Spend your summer mentally and emotionally ally preparing for 3 worse years.

How did it not support your student this year?

Mcps operates under the theory that children are adults. There is a classroom. As many students can be squeezed into that classroom as space allows. Classes are as large as some college classes. If your student is motivated, intelligent, has adult like executive functioning skills and had the social support and financial resources to take care of any short comings that prevent them from doing well- then they will do well
If not- screw you, you lazy pos!

+100

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We thought MCPS was wonderful. My freshman got all As in every class! He also is a fine trombone player and won many awards for his trombone playing.

Lucky you. We aren't impressed with the music program and spend a lot of money on private music.

Well, you probably have a second-rate trombone player. PP sounds like she has an elite trombone player in her household.

I hate when lesser trombone players try to steal the thunder of ELITE trombone players who have won MANY awards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was a tough one because mcps doesn't support students.
It shouldn't have been tough.
Spend your summer mentally and emotionally ally preparing for 3 worse years.

MCPS supports students. MCPS doesn't coddle students. Teach your kid self-advocacy skills.

Not all children are capable of learning to advocate for themselves but thank you for reinforcing the earlier post about mcps being a great place for students who don't need any help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We thought MCPS was wonderful. My freshman got all As in every class! He also is a fine trombone player and won many awards for his trombone playing.

Lucky you. We aren't impressed with the music program and spend a lot of money on private music.

Well, you probably have a second-rate trombone player. PP sounds like she has an elite trombone player in her household.

I hate when lesser trombone players try to steal the thunder of ELITE trombone players who have won MANY awards.

*Sad Trombone Sound*

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was a tough one because mcps doesn't support students.
It shouldn't have been tough.
Spend your summer mentally and emotionally ally preparing for 3 worse years.

How did it not support your student this year?

Mcps operates under the theory that children are adults. There is a classroom. As many students can be squeezed into that classroom as space allows. Classes are as large as some college classes. If your student is motivated, intelligent, has adult like executive functioning skills and had the social support and financial resources to take care of any short comings that prevent them from doing well- then they will do well
If not- screw you, you lazy pos!

Does your kid have an IEP or a 504? Legally they have to help your kid. I’d raise hell if they were getting left behind.

Mine has a 504. The original poster of this comment is spot on. Keeps being told to "self-advocate". I get that they need to learn to do this but a) no one teaches this b) this is a lacking skill. Sometimes feels like they expect a blind person to see.