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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][/quote]As to why?  I don't know.  I know my bright NWDC kids (two in DCPS, one is a top private) don't read much for fun and never have.  Very, very few of their friends do either. They're all too busy playing travel sports, school sports, instruments, other extracurriculars, you-tubing, tik-tocking, instagramming, etc.   Rarely if ever are they just sitting on a couch for hours just reading books.

In contrast I literally spent my ENTIRE CHILDHOOD READING.  I read thousands of books by high school graduation.  My kids will have read a small fraction of this.  I have friends with kids in other areas of the country whose kids have much quieter lives than mine do.  They spend a good deal more time at home and a good deal more time reading.  None of the frenzy of 10 million activities, travel soccer practices and constant social events of my NWDC kids.  I bet this is reflected in the PSAT scores.  That or my kids (and the rest of us District residents) are just dumber.  That could be it too.   :wink:

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NP here who lives in not-NW DC and has children who read just s much as I do/did AND participate in many extracurricular activities - travel sports, martial arts, performing arts, scouts, volunteer work and part time jobs so maybe it is the special NW air? Tired of the excuses. You gave them the screens. You don’t model good habits in regards to screens and reading. The NW public schools (and many of the privates) ARE NOT ALL THAT.

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So is it the screens that did my kids in or the schools (public and elite Big3 private since I have kids in both). I can't tell from your post??

I trust your kids are among the roughly total 10 (public and private combined) DC residents who were NMSFs this year?[/quote]

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