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[quote=Anonymous]What exactly makes a class honors?  I guess what I am asking is what are you looking for with an honors class, the label or the type of education?

My friend's DD left Latin in 8th grade and said that her daughter is one of the best writers in her class in a very competitive program; something she had taken for granted when her daughter was at Latin.  Another friend's DS left after 8th grade for Walls and has been unchallenged by the academics.  He wanted to go back after 9th, but alas, no entry after 9th grade.  They debated pulling him from Walls early to try to re-enter Latin.  Both families left for different reasons, but neither was unhappy with the education their DCs were receiving.

If the education is high quality, what difference does it make what the class is called?  I worry that this dis about "honors" classes is really about being able to say you send your kid to a school with "diversity" without actually having to have class with kids who are from a lower SES.  I'm speaking generally here, since I obviously don't know the PP.

Of course the weaker students were staying and of course the SES goes down in the HS when parents who can pull their kids do just because they can.  If you were unsatisfied with the education or found the differentiation inadequate, then pull your DC, absolutely, but not because the SES goes down or because the school won't stroke your ego by calling you DC's class "honors".[/quote]

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