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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid left Deal and is at a top private high school (Sidwell/NCS/STA/Potomac).  
He/she was a top student at Deal: As every quarter in every class grades 6-8, top math track (Algebra 2), 5's on every PARCC since 3rd grade.  99% on the 6th grade Deal PARCC in both ELA and math.

Started private high school and it is an absolute SH$%T show.  Currently getting Ds.  My kid doesn't know how to study, how to read and annotate dense text in rapid fashion.  He/she gets dozens of pages
a night to read and process (across history, ELA, science).  Homework in every subject each evening.  Has already written 5 essays and 2 lab lengthy reports.  Has frequent pop quizzes.  One class has one every single day.  
Has a sequence of exams in every class this week.

It just f-ing frustrates me how little my kid learned at Deal.  How he never learned to think critically or write well.  So much wasted time in the pandemic.  No Wednesdays, 45 minute classes twice a week.  The chicken has come home to roost because my 
kid is now having his/her ass kicked.  And it all counts for college grades.  Things will get better but we're quitting activities, hiring tutors and trying to right the course.

Not sure what the point of my post is except---if you have a kid in DCPS.  Supplement like a mad person.  We did but not enough.  His/her classmates who are at Wilson report that they haven't done any 
homework yet in most classes because with the 4x4 schedule, many teachers are only teaching for half of it and little or no homework is given (and what is given is done in class).   So if you're at Wilson
(I have another kid likely headed there) continue to supplement.

I'm just so frustrated.  I'm sure it is somewhat better in typical times but the pandemic learning was just a mess.  Those of us who have left DCPS are seeing clearly just how bad it was. [/quote]

I’m sorry, Op. that sounds scary and upsetting. Thanks for the PSA. You’re right that kids are definitely not learning those skills in public. My 8th grader looked at me like I had two heads when I told him how to annotate a text. It’s sad. [/quote]

This is how I know you are lying. Annotating a text is a DCPS standard that is taught in ES. They definitely are familiar with it by 4th grade. [/quote]

NP. Totally agree. My DC were taught to annotate at Shepherd in 4th grade. They do it with all books and articles read now that they attend Deal.[/quote]

My kid was not taught at a JKLM   :( [/quote]

This. So sick of the boosters jumping in to say posters must be lying if they criticize the school. Deal has a lot of gaps, and parents aren't doing children any favors by pretending this isn't true.[/quote]

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