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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's almost like BASIS and Latin are the only two schools in DC.

I need to bake some special brownies for Capitol Hill parents to realize that life does not begin and end in 5th grade.[/quote]

Exhibit "A" for a DCUM poster who feels comfortable chiming in when they have no clue what they are talking about. 99.9999999% PP was a man, BTW.

What Mr. Mansplain doesn't understand is that the reason it seems like Basis and Latin are the only two schools in DC is because they are the only two schools that begin in 5th grade. Because the number of seats offered in the lottery is larger in 5th than in any subsequent year the chances of getting a seat in 5th are far better, so families need to try in 5th if they intend to move before MS (or HS).

But he won't read this, he's too busy on a call explaining to some woman what leadership looks like. [/quote]

Not PP - This coming school year has Latin II taking a full complement of 6th graders too with no sibling priority in place so that doesn't really fit this narrative[/quote]

Your logic is bad and you are confusing the word "math" with "narrative". Setting aside the fact that Latin's expansion is a one time anomaly, the additional seats in 6th do nothing to change the math that your odds of matching a seat at Basis and Latin are better in 5th than in any other year. Furthermore, there is no penalty for trying in 5th and again in 6th so it would change nothing about the math in 5th and the reason that people are very much engaged in the lottery for 5th grade in an area without great MS and no HS path (Capitol Hill).

I bet you are the wingman to Mr. Mansplain that just goes, "Yeah!" whenever he speaks. [/quote]

Jesus grow up.  this is inane. Even excludeingequity seats there was a boon for 6th grade seats at Latin II this year.  Anyone who didn't bail for 5th last year got a reprieve this year if they desired a seat at Latin. Simple fact[/quote]

You are being distracted by a shiny object. The comment that started this was from someone who had no idea WTF they were talking about and couldn't understand why DCUM seemed so preoccupied with 5th grade. I (and others) replied to explain that the structural reasons behind it. Some dimwit (you perhaps given how defensive you are?) replied with some nonsense about Latin II expanding and suggesting that would make moot the explanations about why DCUM is so focused on 5th grade.

Then you chimed in to....what? Defend that Latin II is expanding? A fact one disagreed with. Explain that anyone who didn't match last year in 5th gor a reprieve? Something that is clear to anyone with a brain and that no one suggested was not the case.

The irony of your post is that it is a wonderful exemplar of Mansplaining. You've explained things that everyone knows all the while failing to understand the actual topic of discussion.   [/quote]

Uh...I'm a woman...you realize that this is an anonymous forum and you don't know who is posting, don't you?

This series of obnoxious posts is a wonderful exemplar of sexist nonsense.[/quote]

Wait. You are PROUD of the fact that you fundamentally misunderstood the reason parents are focused on the 5th grade lottery? You want to own that you introduced the Latin II expansion, which has no bearing or impact on 5th grade being the logical and mathematically best chance of moving schools? And your defense is that you aren't mansplaining, you are just ignorant and overconfident?

OK, then. Good for you.[/quote]

Congrats—this is the dumbest post I read all week.[/quote]

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