Langley Pyramid vs. everybody else.

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[Post New]10/16/2023 17:52
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Anonymous
Smarter and well behaved with 2 parents
[Post New]10/16/2023 17:54
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Anonymous
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Anonymous wrote:I have to think you are a troll if you haven’t figured out that public schools vary significantly based on the SES of the area. Now is it because the teaching is better or bc the peers/expectations are different?


I think the question is a real one. High SES families come with their own problems, and schools aren't necessarily "better" because of it.


+1

[Post New]10/16/2023 19:14
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I have to think you are a troll if you haven’t figured out that public schools vary significantly based on the SES of the area. Now is it because the teaching is better or bc the peers/expectations are different?


Absolutely a troll. As usual.
[Post New]10/16/2023 19:39
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I don’t know if the academics are better or not, but it is certainly more competitive at Langley in terms of getting into college because many of your peers are high achievers. That said, my kids got an excellent education at Langley and were more than prepared for college. We also loved the chorus program at Langley!


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I have to laugh at the obvious trolls here (to include the OP).
[Post New]10/16/2023 19:47
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Anonymous
An advanced student at Langley (one who takes all Honors and AP classes) will have the exact same outcome as an advanced student at Falls Church and Justice. In fact, the FC/Justice kid may have more of a benefit at local universities.
[Post New]10/16/2023 19:51
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:It’s better in that there a fewer fights, less vaping and drug dealing, lower teen pregnancy rates, more advanced classes, fewer disruptive kids. They don’t have a lot of the challenges schools with many FARMS and ESOL kids have.

I mean if any of that matters to you.
[Post New]10/16/2023 19:53
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Anonymous
Love the naïveté of anyone assuming there is less drug use at Langley.

Bless your heart.
[Post New]10/16/2023 20:12
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:An advanced student at Langley (one who takes all Honors and AP classes) will have the exact same outcome as an advanced student at Falls Church and Justice. In fact, the FC/Justice kid may have more of a benefit at local universities.



^ Agree with this! Big fish in a little pond (Falls Church) vs little fish in a big pond (Langley)
Better chances in Falls Church from what I've seen
[Post New]10/16/2023 20:20
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:An advanced student at Langley (one who takes all Honors and AP classes) will have the exact same outcome as an advanced student at Falls Church and Justice. In fact, the FC/Justice kid may have more of a benefit at local universities.


I suppose you can make this statement if you make a lot of assumptions, but objectively Langley has a lot more students every year with impressive “outcomes” than Justice or Falls Church.

Langley will typically have 12-15 National Merit Semifinalists every year and a large number of kids going to T25 schools. Falls Church and Justice rarely have any NMSFs and the college admissions are not as strong (although there have been years where a fair number of Justice kids got into UVA).
[Post New]10/16/2023 20:59
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Love the naïveté of anyone assuming there is less drug use at Langley.

Bless your heart.


Love the obvious trolling of anyone claiming there is *more* drug use at Langley.

Bless your heart.
[Post New]10/16/2023 21:00
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:An advanced student at Langley (one who takes all Honors and AP classes) will have the exact same outcome as an advanced student at Falls Church and Justice. In fact, the FC/Justice kid may have more of a benefit at local universities.


This is probably true (signed, Mom and some Langley grads)
[Post New]10/16/2023 21:08
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Anonymous
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Anonymous wrote:Love the naïveté of anyone assuming there is less drug use at Langley.

Bless your heart.


Love the obvious trolling of anyone claiming there is *more* drug use at Langley.

Bless your heart.


It’s well documented. And since Langley is one of the wealthiest schools drugs stand to be a particular problem there.

https://www.livescience.com/59329-drug-alcohol-addiction-wealthy-students.html
[Post New]10/16/2023 22:21
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Love the naïveté of anyone assuming there is less drug use at Langley.

Bless your heart.


Love the obvious trolling of anyone claiming there is *more* drug use at Langley.

Bless your heart.


Do you think kids at poor schools can afford drugs? Marijuana and alcohol at best now that it's legal throughout the area and hence easier to gets hands on. You're delusional if you think high SES kids don't have access to alcohol. But poor kids' parents aren't affording trips to doctors and getting prescriptions for a myriad of other drugs that also present addiction issues.
[Post New]10/16/2023 22:58
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Love the naïveté of anyone assuming there is less drug use at Langley.

Bless your heart.


Love the obvious trolling of anyone claiming there is *more* drug use at Langley.

Bless your heart.


Rich kids can afford the harder stuff. Might not be more, but it is more dangerous.
[Post New]10/16/2023 23:01
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pettifogger
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Anonymous wrote:The rich can be criminals. We had arms dealers (parents) at our high SES high school (not FCPS)

That would be an edge case. Financial crimes would be the common use case.
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