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[quote=Anonymous]I think different well-meaning people here want different things.

I think some people come and are thrilled with the possibility that initiative and entrepreneurship can get them to the highest rungs of society.

Other people want to no longer feel slighted.

Some are focused on what's right in front of them, living out traumas, often re-igniting them in the communities around them.

Others feel comfortable enjoying themselves.

Others want schools to be an engine of change for others, but not really for themselves.

Some just want to learn something.

Others just want a credential so that they can join the workforce.

And there are the differences between what kids want and what parents want.

A lot of what we're saying is true for some and not for all.

There are hypocritical white liberals here. There are true believer white liberals here. There are black integrationists here and black parents who fear what integration into DC's mainstream means for their kids. There are assimilated Asian people here and those who are still trying to meet immigrant pressure from families. There are kids who just want to learn as much as they can and there are kids who just want to play video games until they're too tired to play any more. Or basketball or soccer.

All those people are in DC.

If I had what I wanted for my kids, it would be an integrated school where they got taught to fluency in their heritage language, the hardest math class they could test into, get taught creative and essay writing (not English test prep) every day, and all of the most behind kids were in their school too, and they could socialize across all sorts of lines through very diverse sports teams adequately supported by the city, there are no shunned ghetto schools for a permanent underclass, there is a school band starting before middle school, there are creative extracurriculars like theater and science, and no parents were out fighting boundary changes like they own the schools or fundraising for extras.

I don't know how much of that we can get, and I know some of my rant is self-contradictory, but I do wonder why we can't get at least MORE of that. Why DCPS keeps telling us no and shrinking the pie.[/quote]

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