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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My only concern about Hardy is that it won't be the same - in term of diversity - for my second kid (now in 2nd grade). 
The school has irreversibly flipped. Each of next 2 years will see twice the IB enrollment compared to the previous year (just like we've had in the past two years).

IB Mom with a middle schooler at Hardy (and a second grader at Stoddert).

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To be perfectly honest, I value diversity but if higher quality comes at the expense of a little diversity, the.n so be it.  For us, diversity is the  icing on the cake. But it's not the cake.  Sometimes I think there are those in DCPS who view that backwards.

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I do not value diversity per se. I have been a college teacher for many years, and I have come to realize that there's nothing more harmful for youngsters than developing that sense of entitlement that I see in so many students from privileged backgrounds and which can lead to frustration (when your expectations are not met) and poor academic performance.  As much as my husband and I try our best to teach our kids that nothing is granted, and that all that we have comes from hard work and investment in our human capital, they remain VERY privileged kids...

Learning at middle school age means not only academic advancement, but also, and equally importantly, gaining the appreciation of the process of learning, developing stamina and awareness of own abilities (and weaknesses). Entitlement antagonizes with stamina. Hardy has provided my kid with a reality check. He's become very appreciative of his  privilege of learning at Hardy (where some of his peers, including very gifted kids, have 3 hours a day of commuting), of the academic support we are able to give him for his complex geometry homework (which most of his peers do not have at home), for having a bagged lunch for his field trips (same kids show us at field trips with no lunch from home). He has evolved into a enthusiast, aware and inclusive learner. With the right learning attitude, middle age kids learn from EVERYWHERE. Magazines, documentaries, news on the radio, you tube, foreign languages through music...

Having said so, Hardy has some of the brightest and most dedicated and effective MS teachers I have ever encountered.

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