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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]WiS parent here. I’m confused by the negative comments here. It’s clearly someone with some imagined axe to grind for no reason in my book. None of what the negative poster says is our experience at all. WIS is a wonderful school. We love the international community and experience with the IB our child is getting. [b]It’s different than all the schools with an American focused lens[/b]. It’s global and we are proud to belong to it.[/quote]

Using this as a selling point really rings hollow, particularly in Washington where 90% of the parents applying for their kids to Private have lived, worked or studied abroad, have 2nd homes in Europe and/or travel there or to SE Asia or Africa monthly for business. DC isn't Iowa...LOL What does that even mean to say " an education with an [i]American focused lens[/i]"

Washington parents applying to Private all basically want the same things:

First and foremost, for their child to be accepted somewhere. They'd love for that to be their 1st choice school, but they will settle for 3rd choice if it means they don't have to move to FFX county.

Secondly, once admitted they want to see their kids doing well both in terms of the subjective praise from teachers and ERB results. Believe me, poor scores on ERBs and it doesn't matter what cool aid the school is serving or how much parents claim to " really like the parent community". Otherwise, we wouldn't have KUMON, private Tutors and switching schools

They also don't want their kid bullied. That trumps whether they are learning to speak French perfectly.

After 10-12 years at any DC Private all Washington parents want great results when their kids apply to college- admission to what they perceive as " top schools" which for WIS you might add Science Po and a few others, but its the same HYP craze as everywhere.

Lastly, the parent community at WIS is still largely WB, IMF types who may be originally from other countries, but most have arranged their careers to be in Washington for a decade or more and are basically, whether they want to admit it or not, as evidenced from the above " Americanized" - GASP

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Lol, what a funny, bizarre rant. It is clear you don't know anyone in the WIS parent community nor much about the school but thanks for your non-sensical lecture on what "all Washington" parents want. Count me even more glad to not be at a school with parents who think like this. [/quote]

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