How happy are you with your children's educations?

[Anonymous]

On a scale from 1 to 10 with 1 being Super Happy and 10 being terribly unhappy...where do you rate?

Feel free to add info about public/private, grades/ages, counties.

We are in MoCo public, 1st grade and....I don't know where I stand right now. Not overjoyed, maybe a 4?

[Anonymous]

9.

Daughter is a junior in the science and tech program at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt. Absolutely love the school, but it doesn't get a 10 because the homework load is too intense.

[Anonymous]

LOL...make that a 2! I misread and thought 10 was the best.

[Anonymous]

Seriously, OP? Your kid is in first grade and you feel in a position to evaluate this?

Come back in 10 years and we'll tawk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, OP? Your kid is in first grade and you feel in a position to evaluate this?

Come back in 10 years and we'll tawk.

I'm not allowed to have an opinion? Why not?

[Anonymous]

My children are in MCPS and I'm pretty happy. Maybe 8 or 9. There are some problems, but then I don't expect perfection in anything in this imperfect world.

[Anonymous]

In MPCS, 2 ES kids, one in HGC:

Programs school and county offers - 3
Lack of recess time - 8 (esp. in winter, but that's not the school's fault)
Teachers - 3 (so far most have been great)
Facilities - 9 (too many portables)
Testing - 6 (too much testing - MAP-R, M, MSA, Inview, and I'm sure there was another one)
2.0 - 5 (it has its good and bad parts)

Overall, a 4.

[Anonymous]

OP - people are confused with your scale.

Usually, 10 is the best, 1 lowest. You did it the other way around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:On a scale from 1 to 10 with 1 being Super Happy and 10 being terribly unhappy...where do you rate?

Feel free to add info about public/private, grades/ages, counties.

We are in MoCo public, 1st grade and....I don't know where I stand right now. Not overjoyed, maybe a 4?

Fairfax county, 3rd grade, boy. Just attended back to school night last night and was really impressed with my son's teacher's presentation about the curriculum and her teaching style. She seems so down to earth and logical. I'm excited for my son this year and this is a first. (I loved his second grade teacher too, but this teacher seemed like she is the PERFECT fit for my son!)

My opinion of FCPS is about 5.
My opinion of my sons school is a 2 or 3.
My opinion of the teachers my son had had at his school are a 1 or 2!

We came to this school last year after moving here from Maryland. I was a lot less happy with the school in Maryland for my sons first two years. That school was bad.

And to the pp saying for OP to come back in ten years, wtf? Why shouldn't she have an opinion? Every year is important.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP - people are confused with your scale.

Usually, 10 is the best, 1 lowest. You did it the other way around.

Whoops.

[Anonymous]

We are in FCPS grade school. I wish I had more time to volunteer in the classroom so I would be more aware of what is happening. The teachers do seem fantastic, but I often wonder if there are too many restrictions/regulations that the teachers must follow that prevents them from providing the best possible education. We seem to only get graded homework papers sent home, and I rarely receive in-school work (except art projects).

Also, my kids have lots of homework. I feel like we are spending too much time teaching them at home, what they should have learned in school. I know a lot of emphasis is on the parents providing supplemental education support at home, but I work full-time with long hours; so unfortunately they don't get the support they should during summer and school breaks. I am actually taking a day off work today.

Anyway ... since I am oblivious to what is actually happening in the classroom, and I am not seeing the results I would expect ... I have to give the education a 7-8 (bad grade); but I give the teachers a 2-3 (excellent grade). BTW - Like the previous posters commented, your grade scale is backwards.

[Anonymous]

We are in first grade at a DC Charter school. It is our fourth year in the school and so far, I would rate it a 1 both overall and for each of her teachers. It has surpassed my wildest dreams. The school has such a unique philosophy that mirrors my own so perfectly that I often feel like I am imagining it.

Of course, it is still early, but I have great hopes. The school continues through 12th grade.

[Anonymous]

MCPS elem - maybe a 5

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are in FCPS grade school. I wish I had more time to volunteer in the classroom so I would be more aware of what is happening. The teachers do seem fantastic, but I often wonder if there are too many restrictions/regulations that the teachers must follow that prevents them from providing the best possible education. We seem to only get graded homework papers sent home, and I rarely receive in-school work (except art projects).

Also, my kids have lots of homework. I feel like we are spending too much time teaching them at home, what they should have learned in school. I know a lot of emphasis is on the parents providing supplemental education support at home, but I work full-time with long hours; so unfortunately they don't get the support they should during summer and school breaks. I am actually taking a day off work today.

Anyway ... since I am oblivious to what is actually happening in the classroom, and I am not seeing the results I would expect ... I have to give the education a 7-8 (bad grade); but I give the teachers a 2-3 (excellent grade). BTW - Like the previous posters commented, your grade scale is backwards.

You are right about the restrictions/regulations. I'm a teacher education student and we are learning all about this right now. A lot of it is because of education legislation, and because of the sol tests, and "education reform". Your rating seems to be pretty accurate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are in first grade at a DC Charter school. It is our fourth year in the school and so far, I would rate it a 1 both overall and for each of her teachers. It has surpassed my wildest dreams. The school has such a unique philosophy that mirrors my own so perfectly that I often feel like I am imagining it.

Of course, it is still early, but I have great hopes. The school continues through 12th grade.

ELH? CC?