Bethesda vs Kensington

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids attended Einstein and ended up at NYU and Carnegie Mellon. it was a school where yes, going to college was completely normal.

The truth is any kid can get a great education at any of these schools if they're so inclined. What most of these clowns are arguing about boils down to how some demographic differences impact a school's average which they confuse with quality and opportunity.

The other factor is fear. Fear of slipping out of the middle class, and fear that their child isn't the type of teen to take advantage of opportunities and get a great education in any environment.

If you've hand curated every opportunity and moment in your child's life, from that first Haba block set right up through making sure they are in the "best" public school zone, how do you know whether they are a go-getter? What if they aren't? What if they NEED to be surrounded solely by kids just like them, or else they will find the "wrong" peer group?

On the other hand, if you trust your child and have been giving them age appropriate freedoms all along, you know that you can trust them to advocate for themselves, find good friends, etc.

This is the best post I have seen here in awhile and very on point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids attended Einstein and ended up at NYU and Carnegie Mellon. it was a school where yes, going to college was completely normal.

The truth is any kid can get a great education at any of these schools if they're so inclined. What most of these clowns are arguing about boils down to how some demographic differences impact a school's average which they confuse with quality and opportunity.

The other factor is fear. Fear of slipping out of the middle class, and fear that their child isn't the type of teen to take advantage of opportunities and get a great education in any environment.

If you've hand curated every opportunity and moment in your child's life, from that first Haba block set right up through making sure they are in the "best" public school zone, how do you know whether they are a go-getter? What if they aren't? What if they NEED to be surrounded solely by kids just like them, or else they will find the "wrong" peer group?

On the other hand, if you trust your child and have been giving them age appropriate freedoms all along, you know that you can trust them to advocate for themselves, find good friends, etc.

This is the best post I have seen here in awhile and very on point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids attended Einstein and ended up at NYU and Carnegie Mellon. it was a school where yes, going to college was completely normal.

The truth is any kid can get a great education at any of these schools if they're so inclined. What most of these clowns are arguing about boils down to how some demographic differences impact a school's average which they confuse with quality and opportunity.

The other factor is fear. Fear of slipping out of the middle class, and fear that their child isn't the type of teen to take advantage of opportunities and get a great education in any environment.

If you've hand curated every opportunity and moment in your child's life, from that first Haba block set right up through making sure they are in the "best" public school zone, how do you know whether they are a go-getter? What if they aren't? What if they NEED to be surrounded solely by kids just like them, or else they will find the "wrong" peer group?

On the other hand, if you trust your child and have been giving them age appropriate freedoms all along, you know that you can trust them to advocate for themselves, find good friends, etc.

This is the best post I have seen here in awhile and very on point.

Its a great post which contains some elements of what many have been saying before but a bit more eloquently. The thing is, you have to know your child and often you don't get to really know who your child is or how they will be until much later on when you've already made housing/school choice decisions. The safest route would be to pick the school with stronger peer group. With my child, I know she is more susceptible to social pressures than many and she needs positive hard working influences or she will not make it. I can't afford to send her to a subpar school. Originally, I didn't care about the school at all but we moved when it became clear she was not a "go-getter"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids attended Einstein and ended up at NYU and Carnegie Mellon. it was a school where yes, going to college was completely normal.

The truth is any kid can get a great education at any of these schools if they're so inclined. What most of these clowns are arguing about boils down to how some demographic differences impact a school's average which they confuse with quality and opportunity.

The other factor is fear. Fear of slipping out of the middle class, and fear that their child isn't the type of teen to take advantage of opportunities and get a great education in any environment.

If you've hand curated every opportunity and moment in your child's life, from that first Haba block set right up through making sure they are in the "best" public school zone, how do you know whether they are a go-getter? What if they aren't? What if they NEED to be surrounded solely by kids just like them, or else they will find the "wrong" peer group?

On the other hand, if you trust your child and have been giving them age appropriate freedoms all along, you know that you can trust them to advocate for themselves, find good friends, etc.

It's sad but very true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids attended Einstein and ended up at NYU and Carnegie Mellon. it was a school where yes, going to college was completely normal.

The truth is any kid can get a great education at any of these schools if they're so inclined. What most of these clowns are arguing about boils down to how some demographic differences impact a school's average which they confuse with quality and opportunity.

The other factor is fear. Fear of slipping out of the middle class, and fear that their child isn't the type of teen to take advantage of opportunities and get a great education in any environment.

If you've hand curated every opportunity and moment in your child's life, from that first Haba block set right up through making sure they are in the "best" public school zone, how do you know whether they are a go-getter? What if they aren't? What if they NEED to be surrounded solely by kids just like them, or else they will find the "wrong" peer group?

On the other hand, if you trust your child and have been giving them age appropriate freedoms all along, you know that you can trust them to advocate for themselves, find good friends, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reconcile that everyone in the W’s for the most part could live not only live in any school zone in the DCC but live in the nicest neighborhoods or have their picks of houses or schools. Most if not all in the DCC are simply doing the best they can and everything is out of reach. Do you really think you are smarter or privy to some insight about the cheaper part of town that all the highest functioning and resource flush residents of the county aren’t aware of?

But cling to your speculative and confused statistics, it’s all just sour grapes. If really was that great people would move there and price you out.

What it comes down to is that racism is very much alive and well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids attended Einstein and ended up at NYU and Carnegie Mellon. it was a school where yes, going to college was completely normal.

The truth is any kid can get a great education at any of these schools if they're so inclined. What most of these clowns are arguing about boils down to how some demographic differences impact a school's average which they confuse with quality and opportunity.

The other factor is fear. Fear of slipping out of the middle class, and fear that their child isn't the type of teen to take advantage of opportunities and get a great education in any environment.

If you've hand curated every opportunity and moment in your child's life, from that first Haba block set right up through making sure they are in the "best" public school zone, how do you know whether they are a go-getter? What if they aren't? What if they NEED to be surrounded solely by kids just like them, or else they will find the "wrong" peer group?

On the other hand, if you trust your child and have been giving them age appropriate freedoms all along, you know that you can trust them to advocate for themselves, find good friends, etc.

This is the best post I have seen here in awhile and very on point.

Its a great post which contains some elements of what many have been saying before but a bit more eloquently. The thing is, you have to know your child and often you don't get to really know who your child is or how they will be until much later on when you've already made housing/school choice decisions. The safest route would be to pick the school with stronger peer group. With my child, I know she is more susceptible to social pressures than many and she needs positive hard working influences or she will not make it. I can't afford to send her to a subpar school. Originally, I didn't care about the school at all but we moved when it became clear she was not a "go-getter"

Your kid is just going to fall in with a bad crowd at your non “subpar” school.

[Anonymous]

I'd definitely go with Kensington. Bethesda is not what it used to be.

[Anonymous]

Kensington is lovely but Einstein is a real problem.

We looked at Kensington a few years ago and were advised to stay within the BCC cluster. We did look at a house that was zoned for Einstein and spent time walking around the neighborhood talking to whomever was out. Everyone we talked to who had kids or knew their neighbors with kids went to private school .It was striking how different it was from the BCC area. For us, part of the draw for public school is kids being friends with neighborhood kids, going to school together and growing up together. The other thing that we found out about Einstein is that many of the smartest students go for the magnets and special programs at other schools for high school. If your kid is friends with other very smart kids, they'll lose their friend base going into high school. We didn't want that situation and didn't want the stress of having to rely on getting into a magnet or paying for private school for high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kensington is lovely but Einstein is a real problem.

We looked at Kensington a few years ago and were advised to stay within the BCC cluster. We did look at a house that was zoned for Einstein and spent time walking around the neighborhood talking to whomever was out. Everyone we talked to who had kids or knew their neighbors with kids went to private school .It was striking how different it was from the BCC area. For us, part of the draw for public school is kids being friends with neighborhood kids, going to school together and growing up together. The other thing that we found out about Einstein is that many of the smartest students go for the magnets and special programs at other schools for high school. If your kid is friends with other very smart kids, they'll lose their friend base going into high school. We didn't want that situation and didn't want the stress of having to rely on getting into a magnet or paying for private school for high school.

Just to note again, much of Kensington is zoned for WJ and some for BCC as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kensington is lovely but Einstein is a real problem.

We looked at Kensington a few years ago and were advised to stay within the BCC cluster. We did look at a house that was zoned for Einstein and spent time walking around the neighborhood talking to whomever was out. Everyone we talked to who had kids or knew their neighbors with kids went to private school .It was striking how different it was from the BCC area. For us, part of the draw for public school is kids being friends with neighborhood kids, going to school together and growing up together. The other thing that we found out about Einstein is that many of the smartest students go for the magnets and special programs at other schools for high school. If your kid is friends with other very smart kids, they'll lose their friend base going into high school. We didn't want that situation and didn't want the stress of having to rely on getting into a magnet or paying for private school for high school.

Just to note again, much of Kensington is zoned for WJ and some for BCC as well.

I thought most of Kensington went to Einstein?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids attended Einstein and ended up at NYU and Carnegie Mellon. it was a school where yes, going to college was completely normal.

The truth is any kid can get a great education at any of these schools if they're so inclined. What most of these clowns are arguing about boils down to how some demographic differences impact a school's average which they confuse with quality and opportunity.

The other factor is fear. Fear of slipping out of the middle class, and fear that their child isn't the type of teen to take advantage of opportunities and get a great education in any environment.

If you've hand curated every opportunity and moment in your child's life, from that first Haba block set right up through making sure they are in the "best" public school zone, how do you know whether they are a go-getter? What if they aren't? What if they NEED to be surrounded solely by kids just like them, or else they will find the "wrong" peer group?

On the other hand, if you trust your child and have been giving them age appropriate freedoms all along, you know that you can trust them to advocate for themselves, find good friends, etc.

This is the best post I have seen here in awhile and very on point.

Its a great post which contains some elements of what many have been saying before but a bit more eloquently. The thing is, you have to know your child and often you don't get to really know who your child is or how they will be until much later on when you've already made housing/school choice decisions. The safest route would be to pick the school with stronger peer group. With my child, I know she is more susceptible to social pressures than many and she needs positive hard working influences or she will not make it. I can't afford to send her to a subpar school. Originally, I didn't care about the school at all but we moved when it became clear she was not a "go-getter"

Your kid is just going to fall in with a bad crowd at your non “subpar” school.

Nope hasn't happened. Straight A student with very nice diverse friends I'm happy to say!

[Anonymous]

Woodward is going to have the kids who were kicked out of other schools there. That is what the big hold up has been.

Basically you and all the others posting here are masking the fact you want your kid to go to the whitest school or at least if the black kids or Latino kids go there, they better be smart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kensington is lovely but Einstein is a real problem.

We looked at Kensington a few years ago and were advised to stay within the BCC cluster. We did look at a house that was zoned for Einstein and spent time walking around the neighborhood talking to whomever was out. Everyone we talked to who had kids or knew their neighbors with kids went to private school .It was striking how different it was from the BCC area. For us, part of the draw for public school is kids being friends with neighborhood kids, going to school together and growing up together. The other thing that we found out about Einstein is that many of the smartest students go for the magnets and special programs at other schools for high school. If your kid is friends with other very smart kids, they'll lose their friend base going into high school. We didn't want that situation and didn't want the stress of having to rely on getting into a magnet or paying for private school for high school.

Just to note again, much of Kensington is zoned for WJ and some for BCC as well.

I thought most of Kensington went to Einstein?

No one knows what "Kensington" is. There is an actual Town of Kensington, but that covers only part of the area that is served by the Kensington Post Office which therefore receives mail addressed to Kensington, MD 20895. The Town of Kensington is in WJ and has trash collected twice a week instead of once and gets special parking permits for the MARC station and has a Mayor and Town Council and a Labor Day Parade. The regular unincorporated parts of Montgomery County that receive mail addressed to Kensington, MD 20895 include homes districted to WJ, BCC and Einstein.

[Anonymous]

Yup--I live squarely in 20895 and my children go to Rosemary Hills, NCC, Silver Creek MS, and then to BCC.

As an aside, Woodward will likely be a great school. When a new school is opened, there is tremendous energy around that and often excellent teachers are handpicked (and stolen away) from other schools. We have witnessed that with Silver Creek. Any claim that Woodward could be "bad" is just plain old classicism and racism.