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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So why not go to other school systems that have better outcomes and teachers????

Sitting around complaining about the very school system you put your children in --and the people you entrust them to--doesn't make you look terribly smart, educated, or even a good parent. As disinterested and disenfranchised and many DCPS families are, at least they believe in the school system they send their children to every day.[/quote]

Some of us do chose better outcomes and teachers.  Obviously.  That's why c[b]harters and privates are thriving in DC, and public systems in MoCo and FFX and Loudon thrive in the suburbs.  
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So many people have higher expectations than DCPS central does, and their poor attitude rolls downhill into the schools.  It's a system of lazy and overpaid employees who are in it for the paycheck, not because they believe in education to any great degree.  The whole idea of "needing to wind down" is specious on its face.  Utterly laughable.  Other top systems don't "need to wind down" once the month of June arrives.  Students in South Korea and Finland and Germany and Japan are all still learning.  There's nothing about the child's brain that requires shutting down because the sun is higher in the sky.  For that matter, there's nothing about the adult's brain which requires it either.  Imagine if the hospitals decided to "wind down" for the summer.  Or the fire department.  Or the airlines.  Or the credible legal firms.  Or NASA.  The list goes on and on.

For some reason though, in one of the lowest-performing school districts in the US - despite being the one with the highest expenditures - there's an expectation of needing to start slacking off as early as possible.  Even if everyone had been working diligently up until now (and that's obviously not the case) it still wouldn't make sense.  Someone here is just trying to justify the attitude of the loser.
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It's a system of the disinterested, by the entitled, and for the disenfranchised, and it shall never perish from DC - at least as long as it is a machine-run town. [/b] [/quote]

1. I agree with all of the bolded. Choose better for your children and be happy. I did. That's why you'd never catch me complaining about DC schools and what they're doing. I was too engaged with my own DC's school system.

2. If hospitals, airports, etc closed for the summer, I'd understand the 'wind down' leading up to the big break. It's kinda like when businesses start kicking people out 15 minutes before closing-and breaking things down/cleaning up even earlier than that. I find it a bit annoying but I understand it.

3. How do you know what schools in South Korea, Germany, etc do? If you're so enthralled with their system of education...you know what to do...

4. Yup! Yup! Yup! to your last statement. So what are you crying for? Accept the reality and do better for your kids. Until DCPS comes around, I wouldn't give a care what they did. My concern would be my kids.[/quote]

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