The data the poster cites is for the magnet. It does not reflect the Blair high school as a whole. So, there is no evidence that Blair is any good. The evidence shows that the Asian immigrants who make the majority of the SMACS program are good at churning out SAT and ACT scores. Put them in a group at any other school and you will get the same numbers. It has nothing to do with Blair. |
Why do you care? |
Here is RMIB magnet profile http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/schools/rmhs/ib/IB%202015-16%20Profile.pdf PP's post above was misleading and didn't provide complete picture. |
Intel Science winners. US physics Olympiads... You probably don't know about them because they are way out of your league. |
Totally agree. God help you if you're sending the message to a 6-year old that she's a "slacker." And is it really all that helpful to set expectations that every activity has to have a payoff down the road? I know plenty of successful friends who make a ton of money at big law firms, live in great homes, with a fat 401k ...and they're 15 years from retirement and miserable. Yes - smart, rich, successful people can be extremely happy. But sometimes the "achievement" message leads to slogging through a career you hate because you think it's the right thing to do. |
No, you would not. Blair with less than 20% magnet, has more Intel science scholars than all the full-time magnet schools in the nation. Now, imagine if it was a full magnet? Yes, it has to do with Blair. |
And Blair magnet parents are known for their obnoxiousness. Almost as bad as TJ parents and that's saying a lot. |
Prove it or STFU. |
It has nothing to do with Blair. It is the Blair magnet which is a school within a school. |
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Exceptional Asians make the schools exceptional be it - TJ, Blair, RM, or Poolsville. Even average Asians in sufficient numbers will make the schools stats look pretty good.
In the end it just proves that Asians are very high achieving and they make US schools look good. |
Prove it is Blair and not the Asian kids.[b] |
Say what? What does that got to do with anything? Obviously, parents are not as smart as their kids. |
| This is an inane discussion. The accomplishments cited to make Blair look good relate to the magnet. The magnet is filled with Asian kids whose parents work at local labs. Tke them out and Blair is Kennedy or Springbrook. |
How was the PPPs post misleading? They gave the same info you provide in the link you posted for Rmib. Also if you notice the poster who posted stats for Blair SMAC rmib, poolesville HS and Whitman HS immediately posted a correction to their post apologizing for omitting the IB magnet designation for Richard Montgomery i.e. They did not intend to give the impression that their stats were for the entire high school |
You are right. They are Asian-Americans! |