What is it like sending your DC to a majority/plurality asian school?(Churchill/Wootton area)

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I think it's because it's generally well known that schools with a lot of Asian Americans tend to be more hyper-competitive and have more over achievers. As a group, they out perform all other groups.

I think some people are being way too sensitive.

And yet multiple posters have said on this thread that the schools in Clarksburg, which have a lot of Asian Americans, are not hyper-competitive.

Clarksburg is in Mont. County?

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It depends when you bought. We couldn't afford our house now but bought it for $250,000 when we had our first child.

In Potomac? When was that?

potomac is huge, go drive around it. you sound like you have never been there. we just went to a kid bday party in a rambler on half acre that the family rents. BFD.

That's a bfd. Your sense of what is a bfd is skewed.

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I think it's because it's generally well known that schools with a lot of Asian Americans tend to be more hyper-competitive and have more over achievers. As a group, they out perform all other groups.

I think some people are being way too sensitive.

And yet multiple posters have said on this thread that the schools in Clarksburg, which have a lot of Asian Americans, are not hyper-competitive.

Clarksburg is in Mont. County?

lol.. yes it is.

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The academic expectation and performance will be high. Parents will be invested in giving enrichment to their children. Most kids bond over shared extracurricular activities.

Frankly, if your kid is average in the classroom, no one will have an issue with it. The issue only arises if your student is disruptive in the classroom. As long as your kid is well behaved and does not disrupt the classroom and prevent other students from learning, Asian parents do not care about the grades of your kid.

Socialization usually occurs over academic, scholastic or extra-curricular activities, so make sure your kid does some of these EC activities otherwise they may not spend enough time with their classmates.

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It is probably not as hard as having your kids go to a super-competitive and high pressure magnet program. The Asian work culture is very evident in these kinds of programs where all the students are performing at an exceptional high level. The percentage of Asians in these magnet programs are higher than a non-magnet school like Churchill or Wootton.

In a non-magnet school, your kid will find friends who are more like her because of the large numbers. In high school all students tend to find their niche.

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Anonymous wrote:It is probably not as hard as having your kids go to a super-competitive and high pressure magnet program. The Asian work culture is very evident in these kinds of programs where all the students are performing at an exceptional high level. The percentage of Asians in these magnet programs are higher than a non-magnet school like Churchill or Wootton.

In a non-magnet school, your kid will find friends who are more like her because of the large numbers. In high school all students tend to find their niche.

Harder to do in a less diverse school.

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I would want to k ow this. We are Black and would be weary of sending our child to a majority Asian school, given how poorly Asians treat Blacks and don’t support or defend us when it comes to social justice issues.

[Anonymous]

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pp here..

I think it's because it's generally well known that schools with a lot of Asian Americans tend to be more hyper-competitive and have more over achievers. As a group, they out perform all other groups.

I think some people are being way too sensitive.

And yet multiple posters have said on this thread that the schools in Clarksburg, which have a lot of Asian Americans, are not hyper-competitive.

Clarksburg is in Mont. County?

Sigh...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would want to k ow this. We are Black and would be weary of sending our child to a majority Asian school, given how poorly Asians treat Blacks and don’t support or defend us when it comes to social justice issues.

Asian american parent here...we have many race discussions at home, and specifically discuss with my children how important it is to support their peers when there are social justice issues. Just saying...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would want to k ow this. We are Black and would be weary of sending our child to a majority Asian school, given how poorly Asians treat Blacks and don’t support or defend us when it comes to social justice issues.

Asian american parent here...we have many race discussions at home, and specifically discuss with my children how important it is to support their peers when there are social justice issues. Just saying...

Off topic but the word you want is wary not weary. Weary means tired. Wary means cautious. Not trying to be a jerk but to save you from making this error in a future, possibly more important situation.

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Off topic but the word you want is wary not weary. Weary means tired. Wary means cautious. Not trying to be a jerk but to save you from making this error in a future, possibly more important situation.

PP, really? I mean, really?!

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Well guess what, there are quite a few of us who are not wealthy. Take a drive around the neighborhoods surrounding Churchill and Churchill is surrounded by modest homes, not McMansions. Check out the cars in the driveways, not Mercedes and BMWs. Yes, most of the parents are educated, but two incomes is fairly common around here. Of course, there is wealth, but don't lump us all in with them. I do agree that drugs have been a problem, but agree with the poster above that a lot of that problem continued to exist because the old principal didn't do anything about it. There are a LOT of parents who are hopeful that the new one doesn't turn a blind eye to it and while I'm at it, hope she does some house cleaning with staff that need to go.

How much does it cost to buy one of these modest homes?

+1 The homes may be "modest" by Potomac standards, but they cost a bundle specifically because you are paying a segregation tax to access a neighborhood and schools untouched by the masses.

When you live in a large metro area real estate costs more. What about this home isn't modest and middle class?

https://www.redfin.com/MD/Rockville/11014-Gainsborough-Rd-20854/home/10891985

Here is another one in the Churchill school district on the market now: $596,000

https://www.redfin.com/MD/Rockville/11714-Tifton-Dr-20854/home/10505999

.....the fact that it cost $1,000,000

$1,000,000? I see $700K in 2015.

Here's a perfectly nice house in the Churchill Cluster, costing nowhere near a million dollars. Not all of Potomac is giant fancy McMansions.

https://www.redfin.com/MD/Potomac/11511-Glen-Rd-20854/home/10606072

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Here's a perfectly nice house in the Churchill Cluster, costing nowhere near a million dollars. Not all of Potomac is giant fancy McMansions.

https://www.redfin.com/MD/Potomac/11511-Glen-Rd-20854/home/10606072

Sorry - missed typed

Here is another home currently on the market in the Churchill cluster that is no where near a million dollars: $596,000

https://www.redfin.com/MD/Rockville/11714-Tifton-Dr-20854/home/10505999

BTW - many of the people who live in the really big and expensive houses send their kids to private school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would want to k ow this. We are Black and would be weary of sending our child to a majority Asian school, given how poorly Asians treat Blacks and don’t support or defend us when it comes to social justice issues.

Asian american parent here...we have many race discussions at home, and specifically discuss with my children how important it is to support their peers when there are social justice issues. Just saying...

+1 We are in RM cluster, and we have these discussions with our kids.

[Anonymous]

This thread is incredibly racist.