wootton or Quince Orchard?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You mean 5% kids feel stupid or 95% feel stupid? How many percent QO students feel bad about not being athletic?

Here is a perfect example of what you will deal with at Wooton. A smug know it all that understood the point but has to be an a$$ about it.

Actually I didn't understand the point either. I assumed that "But Wootton makes it more shameful to not be in the top 95% and kids feel stupid when they are not. " meant that kids feel stupid and ashamed if they are not in the 95th percentile or above. But that doesn't really make sense. The 95th percentile of what? The country? MCPS? Wootton? Statistically, of course, 94% of students at Wootton will be below the 95th percentile of students at Wootton, no matter how high-achieving the Wootton student body is. Do 94% of students at Wootton feel stupid and ashamed?

Thank you! It was really unclear to me too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You mean 5% kids feel stupid or 95% feel stupid? How many percent QO students feel bad about not being athletic?

Here is a perfect example of what you will deal with at Wooton. A smug know it all that understood the point but has to be an a$$ about it.

Actually I didn't understand the point either. I assumed that "But Wootton makes it more shameful to not be in the top 95% and kids feel stupid when they are not. " meant that kids feel stupid and ashamed if they are not in the 95th percentile or above. But that doesn't really make sense. The 95th percentile of what? The country? MCPS? Wootton? Statistically, of course, 94% of students at Wootton will be below the 95th percentile of students at Wootton, no matter how high-achieving the Wootton student body is. Do 94% of students at Wootton feel stupid and ashamed?

Here is the correction. If you are not graduating in the top 5% at Wooton you are made to feel stupid and ashamed.

The 95th percentile of what? The country? MCPS? Wootton?

Yes. It is a fictional number. That is the point. Kids are competitive and they don't care if it is true they are brats about it. They are that bratty kid you went to school with that always asked you what you got on the test, what your SAT score was, did you pass the AP test, etc. Then they are HAPPY if you didn't because that just makes them feel a little better about themselves.

All those kids that reminded the teacher that he forgot to assign homework on the weekend all together in one place. I know sounds like fun. (Not everybody but that is the general vibe.)

At Wootton: Hey what did you get on the AP Calculus test? Oh a B (smile). Oh sorry I hope you don't get grounded. (smile)
At QO: Hey what did you get on the AP Calculus test? (this is in theory because most likely your friends at QO just don't care) Oh a B (smile). Nice job. (smile)

I think most kids can rise above that bratty kid but if you have a kid that you don't think will rise above you should know. Wootton is a great school with a character flaw, just like most schools in Montgomery County (or the world).

QO's character flaw is they have athletic kids and poor kids. So you figure out if you can deal with that.

[Anonymous]

To the people writing shit about wootton: have you ever attended school there or taught there? Thats probably a no. You might think wootton is selfish and only care about their own grade. You make QO seem like a heaven compared to wootton.
I think you all know we encourage each other an guess what? Even asians do it. And you know why i know that? Because im freaking asian. At sports events such as track you have a close and tight knit family. We cheer and try to motivate those who seem like they are out of breath. Same with academics. We help each other with hw and have massive ap study groups. Honostley the asians at wootton arent all as die hard competitve as you may think...a lot of them are well respected and are often class clowns. Only few obsess constantly over the last percent (dif b/t 96 and 97)

[Anonymous]

Kids at qo are grounded? Wootton kids dont just do academics but they also excel in community service and athletics (maybe not as much as qo). Id rather have my child go to wootton and want to exceed rather than going to qo and feel like average is good enough.

[Anonymous]

What does it mean when you say x school is better academically?

If your kid is a duffer he will do badly everywhere. A school with high scores will not transform your kid.

[Anonymous]

17:28, you sounds like an idiot and write like a 5th grader. There's a vote for QO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:17:28, you sounds like an idiot and write like a 5th grader. There's a vote for QO.

Oh the irony.

With love, Wootton.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:17:28, you sounds like an idiot and write like a 5th grader. There's a vote for QO.

Oh the irony.

With love, Wootton.

[Anonymous]

We are currently in the Northwest cluster but hoping to move into QO before DD gets to H.S. Wootton area is too expensive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are currently in the Northwest cluster but hoping to move into QO before DD gets to H.S. Wootton area is too expensive.

Why, Northwest is as good if not better than QO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:17:28, you sounds like an idiot and write like a 5th grader. There's a vote for QO.

Do you really have to resort to ad hominems? He has a point you know.

I'll quote for convenience.

Anonymous wrote:To the people writing shit about wootton: have you ever attended school there or taught there? Thats probably a no. You might think wootton is selfish and only care about their own grade. You make QO seem like a heaven compared to wootton.

I think you all know we encourage each other an guess what? Even asians do it. And you know why i know that? Because im freaking asian. At sports events such as track you have a close and tight knit family. We cheer and try to motivate those who seem like they are out of breath. Same with academics. We help each other with hw and have massive ap study groups. Honostley the asians at wootton arent all as die hard competitve as you may think...a lot of them are well respected and are often class clowns. Only few obsess constantly over the last percent (dif b/t 96 and 97)

At Wootton, academics is treated as something like a sport. This isn't inherently a bad thing.

Most people on this thread make Wootton sound like some kind of hellhole run by an Inquisition that will track down anyone not in the top 5% and torture them until their grades go up. There might be a grain of truth in that (if it's anything like Churchill, where I have just graduated from, then yes, there is some stiff competition), but making it out as a hellhole? Give me a break. I would trust the guy who goes to Wootton over any disgruntled parents making up hyperbole just to support some thinly veiled ulterior motive (racism, for example; "Wootton is filled with those damn asians!" is a pretty terrible reason to dislike to school).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To the people writing shit about wootton: have you ever attended school there or taught there? Thats probably a no. You might think wootton is selfish and only care about their own grade. You make QO seem like a heaven compared to wootton.
I think you all know we encourage each other an guess what? Even asians do it. And you know why i know that? Because im freaking asian. At sports events such as track you have a close and tight knit family. We cheer and try to motivate those who seem like they are out of breath. Same with academics. We help each other with hw and have massive ap study groups. Honostley the asians at wootton arent all as die hard competitve as you may think...a lot of them are well respected and are often class clowns. Only few obsess constantly over the last percent (dif b/t 96 and 97)

I concur.
Source: I'm a Wootton teacher.

[Anonymous]

I know this is vey late... but I would recommend QO if you want your kid to be at a school that is great academically, has great athletics, and incredible school spirit. Look up a picture of Quince Orchard Red Army, it will show you how much school spirit there really is. The white percentage at both schools is very similar, though the minority groups differ. QO is about equally divided with the minority groups between Hispanic, black, and Asian. Wooton is mainly all Asian minorities. I have heard a lot from my friends who have kids at Wooton about how stressful it is because everyone is trying to be the best. It seems like it is extremely competitive. QO is an extremely well-rounded school. The only negative thing I've heard about QO are multiple racist incidents like swastikas spray painted on the football field and found on desks and in bathrooms. I also hear a lot about how the stereotypes of people are true at QO, and people seem to judge people because of that. Of course, your kid could stay away from that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You mean 5% kids feel stupid or 95% feel stupid? How many percent QO students feel bad about not being athletic?

Here is a perfect example of what you will deal with at Wooton. A smug know it all that understood the point but has to be an a$$ about it.

Actually I didn't understand the point either. I assumed that "But Wootton makes it more shameful to not be in the top 95% and kids feel stupid when they are not. " meant that kids feel stupid and ashamed if they are not in the 95th percentile or above. But that doesn't really make sense. The 95th percentile of what? The country? MCPS? Wootton? Statistically, of course, 94% of students at Wootton will be below the 95th percentile of students at Wootton, no matter how high-achieving the Wootton student body is. Do 94% of students at Wootton feel stupid and ashamed?

Here is the correction. If you are not graduating in the top 5% at Wooton you are made to feel stupid and ashamed.

The 95th percentile of what? The country? MCPS? Wootton?

Yes. It is a fictional number. That is the point. Kids are competitive and they don't care if it is true they are brats about it. They are that bratty kid you went to school with that always asked you what you got on the test, what your SAT score was, did you pass the AP test, etc. Then they are HAPPY if you didn't because that just makes them feel a little better about themselves.

All those kids that reminded the teacher that he forgot to assign homework on the weekend all together in one place. I know sounds like fun. (Not everybody but that is the general vibe.)

+1000 Wootton is the very last HS I would want my kids to attend. You don't get that attitude at Whitman, WJ, Wheaton or Rockville. QO vs. Wootton is hands down QO. Wootton is a bunch of spoiled brats.

At Wootton: Hey what did you get on the AP Calculus test? Oh a B (smile). Oh sorry I hope you don't get grounded. (smile)
At QO: Hey what did you get on the AP Calculus test? (this is in theory because most likely your friends at QO just don't care) Oh a B (smile). Nice job. (smile)

I think most kids can rise above that bratty kid but if you have a kid that you don't think will rise above you should know. Wootton is a great school with a character flaw, just like most schools in Montgomery County (or the world).

QO's character flaw is they have athletic kids and poor kids. So you figure out if you can deal with that.

[Anonymous]

houses of similar condition cost more in Wootton district than in QO. People say all sorts of things online or in real life. See where they put their money to find out the real thoughts.