Institutional Neglect and Discrimination

Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:If you have documentation and transcripts of some sort showing HS level classes taken, this should not be a problem. There are freshman in calculus. Alg 2 as a freshman is advanced but yes, we have freshman in higher classes.

The issue comes when kids move here without transcripts or only the parents word that they “took calculus” or “calculus topics.” Schools can’t place them in classes based upon that.

This is not discrimination. If you are that unhappy, contact NOVA as the other poster suggested, and inquire about direct enrollment. -math teacher


This. Have your child pass their GED and enroll them at NOVA with a view to transferring to a 4-year college after two years. If your child is as advanced as you claim they are, no need to have them bored for three more years and your kid could graduate from college at 19.

-another math teacher
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:FCPS administration is ignorant at best and racist at most. A lot of new comers to the U.S, especially Asians, are treated as "inferior" or incapable of adjusting to the American education system. My son, as well as the children of my contemporaries (who are immigrants) have been downgraded to low-level classes (basically regular -- non AP or honors) when they are far more capable in tackling advanced topics. Because of this flawed system, my child is behind in all subjects and fields by an entire year because the counselling unit decided to push back all his subjects into their pre requisites. E.g --> his capabilities aligned with the AP calculus course but he was pushed back into the regular algebra 2 course. His knowledge in history in his previous school back in Asia aligned with AP WH, but was pushed back, again, to the pre requisite history course. And finally, many of his previous classes back in his previous school that tackled important STEM subjects (chemistry, biology and physics) were voided and now he has to make up for such credits in future years. His entire freshman year was marked by redundancy as he breezed through everything as these topics were discussed the previous year already. And finally, his GPA was deflated as this administration did not recognize that subjects he took in his previous school were in a higher magnitude of difficulty.

This is just my story and there are so much more hidden incidents that are being swept up under the rug: lost credits that were unavailed, mistreatment by the teachers or mentors, etc. Please recognise that coming from a different educational background isn't necessarily INFERIOR.


I do not believe one iota of this.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Why did you move here? Clearly the US is a downgrade.


They are more than welcome to go back to where they were at previously or enroll in private school.
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