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[quote=Anonymous]Anecdotally, the people I know who are most critical of DC public schools are people with kids too young to be in them. It's a weird thing I've noticed lately -- lots of parents of 2 and 3 year olds who are not yet in school in my circle who have a LOT of opinions about stuff like mayoral control of schools, Covid closures, school masking, etc. I just smile and nod. It goes along with a general habit I've noticed of people who are relatively new parents who think they've figured out everything there is to know about parenting all the way through college graduation. It's a combo of insecurity and arrogance that is annoying but meaningless.

When your kids are actually in public schools, you realize that a lot of the stuff that gets blown up in the media is either way overstated or not that big of a deal. Public schools do indeed teach to the average student. Which is actually fine, since most kids are average! If you have a genius, you'll have to find other ways to challenge them. And if you kid has specific challenges, you'll have to work hard to get them the services and help they need. Guess what? That's true at privates as well. Maybe more true there -- public schools are at least legally required to take students with learning disorders and other challenges.

In the end, the limitation of public school are not that different from the general limitations of life. You have to deal with that eventually anyway.[/quote]

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