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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The "standard" gen-ed track is basically remedial classes. No one with plans to go to college should be on the standard track.  Honors classes at a minimum and at least Algebra by 8th grade.[/quote]
OP here, this is ridiculous! My daughter and a lot of her friends are in regular (not honors) classes and they are all smart kids who plan to go to college. Will they end up at Harvard or Yale or even UVA? Probably not, but they'll still end up in good schools and with good careers. DCUM is the only place I've heard "regular classes are remedial" and that's not real life.[/quote]
Our very good friends whose kid struggled in school tried to take gen-ed versions of all his classes at middle school. The counselor told him exactly this, that the gen-ed classes were basically remedial and that he should at least take honors courses. Maybe that isn't as true in high school?  
No one is saying doing the gen-ed minimum means you won't have a good career or get into college.  It does limit your options and lower your chances of having a high ceiling though.  I just don't see how you get into any of Virginia's highly competitive state schools if you are taking the bare minimum to graduate high school.  Most likely will end up having to overpay for an expensive private liberal arts college that is less selective.[/quote]

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