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[quote=Anonymous]There is no farce and if you notice, the teachers do not receive any negative assessment in the post.  In fact it mentions that they make themselves available to the students, I consider that a nice strength actually.

The post simply asks an important question - for what reason does Potomac and other schools apply rigor?  The common answer on campus is "this will make college easier".  Is that the purpose of a high school education?  If they said, our kids need it, then maybe.  But I sense a consideration by the administration is where Potomac stacks up against other area schools.  No crime in considering, but that might be secondary to the real purpose, how to best serve families?

And while I agree with the idea that the school openly outlines fees and names of classes, there is no way to understand it fully until you are there.  I do not think it wrong to outline these concerns to others who read these boards looking for insight.

Perhaps my statement was a bit strong re sham, but I stand 100% by the idea that there are elements of the school that wish it to be rigorous for rigors sake and not the students.  Maybe it is to compete with the D.C. privates or some other reason, but I do not think the school would be diminished if it were 5%-10% less challenging.  You do not need to agree with this, but there are plenty of threads that express some variation of the same.

And I definitely stand by 9th grade bio, this is well known and many parents have discussed the last few years.  Again you do not have to agree, but it seems like the tracks are too similar and there is no good "regular" bio track.

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