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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FWIIW, DS graduated from Walls a few years ago, went to a selective SLAC and was completely unprepared his first semester. DCPS across the board does not prepare (most) kids for college very well. DS learned his lessons and did much better in subsequent semesters, now has a great (and meaningful) job he loves. So maybe it doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things. [/quote]

That problem is unique to your son.  I know well over a dozen Walls graduates.  Zero have reported being unprepared for the highly selective colleges they attend/ed.[/quote]

Please.  Kids coming from the DC publics, no matter if Walls or Wilson (now JR), don’t know how to write at all. They are completely unprepared to write at the college level.  It’s truly pathetic. They may not admit they are struggling as compared to peers who went to hs that actually taught their students how to write a paper, but they are. [/quote]

Once again, speak only for yourself/your son.  That is not the experience of the Walls graduates that I know personally.

Stop trying to make your son’s struggle universal.[/quote]

Can you share some about writing instruction at Walls?  Do they write research papers?  How long are their biggest assignments?  How many papers do they typically write in a year?  Having some more facts would be useful to this conversation.[/quote]

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