Lost Cause? I have not idea what this means. So the schools aren't better but they're better at busing you to places that are, is that what you're saying? |
So she’s naturally smart and was also in AAP? Not a gen Ed student? |
Through Lavner and then Outschool. |
I would not say she's naturally smart. I'd say she works really hard. She is on the autism spectrum and has ADHD. She also has slow processing speed and poor working memory, but she tends to overcompensate for her deficits. She seems to always want to prove herself. She is not a kid who can sit and class and absorb knowledge. She HAS to study and often seeks out teachers after school. She has been in AAP since 4rd grade but I'd say prior to her diagnosis (6th) every teacher she had in 3-5 tried to counsel us OUT of AAP. Once she was diagnosed and started therapy all of that changed. I think she appreciated the explanation of why she is the way she is and she developed strategies with the help of EF coaches and her therapist. And to be clear, she was a terrible writer. Now she is ok. Not great. Not terrible. I wish FCPS could do more in that area. I don't know how to teach writing. |
^ that should say: She has been in AAP since 3rd grade but I'd say prior to her diagnosis (6th) every teacher she had in 3-5 tried to counsel us OUT of AAP. Once she was diagnosed and started therapy all of that changed. |
I disagree. Math hasn’t changed very much at least in middle school. I wish they use textbooks for, algebra and geometry. |
I am a product of the once excellent FCPS. What I hope is that by the time I have grandchildren (if they live in this area), the schools have done a 180 and gone back to teaching spelling, grammar, writing, using textbooks, reading classics, and DE-emphasizing technology at school. What my kids are dealing with is unrecognizable to me. |
+1000 |
The interactive media resources are far easier to learn math from--seriously, what does a textbook have for learning that even Khan Academy doesn't? All math textbooks are is some descriptive text and static pages of problems. Problems that are worked out in front of you are so much more effective for learning. I really don't understand why people are holding up textbooks as this thing they really want. Have you tried to learn math from a textbook? workbooks, sure--that would be useful, but that's essentially what the online resources are. |
Khan academy isn't interactive. You know what's interactive? A teacher who teaches. But I agree that those are a thing of the past, too. Instruction is bad, in today's pedagogy. |
Just wanted to say, your DD sounds like a wonderful person with a bright future! I would be extremely proud if my kid overcame these obstacles. Good luck to her going forward ![]() |
Ditto!! |
Most of their parents get tutors and other outside enrichment. What the schools provide is pretty basic. |
Nah, we’ve lived elsewhere and it is better. The kids are never in school here - too many holidays and days off. |
FCPS is a classic example of the whole being less the sum of the parts now. Lots of individual decisions taken that seem reasonable on a one-off basis but collectively have diminished the quality of education. And it’s just too big to manage properly. Not to mention the School Board is dominated by a bunch of silly poseurs with no talent for effective oversight. |