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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Honestly, this is one of the main reasons I'm struggling with sending our DC to our MCPS public next year.[/b]  I think it's freaking ridiculous.  There is no logical reason whatsoever to restrict the highest grade to just a couple of kids.  That WOULD make sense if you had a bell curve and needed to distinguish kids for some reason, but you DO NOT have a bell curve (I say as a statistician) at your MCPS elementary school.  Telling a second grader that she's just not ever going to be exceptional?   That's irresponsible to the point of abusive.  Has this imbecile of a teacher ever heard of a late bloomer?   Not even the best teacher (and this one sure isn't that) can say what a child's potential is.  She has no clue.  None of my teachers until at least 4th grad would have predicted my acadmic trajectory.  None.  They would have all predicted far lower than what I achieved.
To the OP, I'm so sorry you are stuck with this horrible teacher.  Don't believe her.  Treat your kid like she's brilliant, because in SOME way, she can be -- whatever her particular interest or talent may be.  Tell her this teacher isn't smart enough to do the ES designation right.  That's the truth. [/quote]

Because there is one teacher in MCPS who (according to the OP) has the odd idea that ESs are given on a curve?[/quote]

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