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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You might change your tune once your kid is older. High poverty means a lot more behavioral problems.
Middle school is tough enough.  Why do you think so many dc parents send their kids to charters unless they feed to deal?[/quote]

Classism, if not outright racism.  I get that people are trying to do what they think it's best for their kids, but there's such a lemming culture even among otherwise educated parents.  Put down the Tome of DCUM Knowledge and go look for yourselves.[/quote]

You say lemming culture.  I'd say you are exhibiting ostrich culture.[/quote]

So you think that learning the details of what's actually being offered is sticking one's head in the sand?  Ok, sure.[/quote]

You know damn well that's not what my post meant.  You seem to think that if only people bothered to learn what goes on at high poverty schools, they would realize that those schools would be great for their kids and that PP's concerns about discipline issues, among other things, were unfounded.  That's misguided for two reasons.

First, as PP noted, there are very real discipline and other issues that exist in low performing schools and those can have a very real negative impact on the learning environment for all students.  Second, your underlying premise is wrong.  You think that most people are just blinding following advice on DCUM rather than "looking for themselves."  That's ridiculous.  Most parents who would be inbounds for these schools have spent time at the school and also talking to neighbors who have experiences with the school.  You have absolutely no basis to conclude that people who live near the neighborhood schools are blindly following prejudices from DCUM posters from UNW or the burbs.[/quote]

Read PP 20:28 and tell me where you see any of that.[/quote]

I was responding to 19:50 and 21:46 -- two posts directly in this string.  Why would I be responding to a post not included here?  How would I have any idea whether that post was from the same person making other posts?[/quote]

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