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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]My DD went all the way through B and is now in school at NCS. She consistently gets A's in math and science. She was very much prepared by Beauvoir. I don't think the prep came from math drills and memorization but instead from loving to learn, confidence in her abilities, and the ability to critically think her way through a math problem.[/quote]

Great.  Someone that knows something about science.  Let's drill down a little and tease out potential confounders  that may bias your conclusions.
Has your child ever had tutors or atttended supplemental classes after class and in the summers (e.g., SAT, ACT, PSAT, SSAT, ERB, A-P prep, or Math and 
Science courses over the summer)?  
 
 
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It is not pp's job to have you, in your infinite wisdom and with your clearly more evolved mind and vocabulary, "drill down" and "tease out" any "bias" based on whether her child has "ever" had a tutor or out-of-school class.  This is not the inquisition, and pp appears to have offered information to be helpful.  If you'd like additional information, you could try just asking politely, rather than setting her up as one would a deponent.  You're clearly looking for some hook to determine that Beauvoir provides a sub par education.  Guess what?  Many of us believe, based on substantial experience, that the education is high quality, including in math and science.  And, yes, our children do take science and engineering-related courses at times during the school year, and sometimes over the summer.  In our case our perspective is coming from parents who each has a degree (though DH has 2) in math and/or a science from a top ivy.  Tease out those cofounders, and good luck in getting anyone to provide you with helpful information in real life if this is how you behave.  [/quote]

OP here.  I did not make the post to which you are responding above.  I agree that the B parent provided helpful information and I very much appreciate all the B parents who are doing so in response to the topic I posed.  When I originally posted, it was without any defamatory intention towards B, but rather to try to find out from parents whether they felt that their B graduates were as prepared as their peers when they went on to STA or NCS.  In connection with that, was an interest in discovering why some STA teachers choose to send their children to schools other than B as prep for STA.  I thank everyone who has responded constructively on those topics.[/quote]

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