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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone know if they supplement at YY or LAMB outside of language supplementation?[/quote]

YY family here.  We only supplement for things like religious instruction, another language (not Mandarin) and sports and hobbies.  The other families we know do the same.  [b]I don't know anyone who supplements for academics, math, reading, but we are in an upper grade with a child who is 2-3 grade levels ahead without outside help.[/b]  Yu Ying does a good job with differentiation in their classrooms.[/quote]

Yes, you do, you just don't know it. At the 3-week long Johns Hopkins CTY camp our kid attended in Alexandria (for rising 3rd to 5th graders, $2,500), we realized that some of the DCPS and DCPC families participating were keeping the arrangement private. A few parents we know from our DC neighborhood asked us not to tell others that they'd enrolled a child. Even friends in MoCo whose children take "compacted" GT math in the upper elementary grades quietly supplement with tutors, on-line programs, and math camps. They just don't talk about it. [/quote]

Interesting.  Do you mind sharing which DC neighborhood?  I find it so bizarre that people outwardly put down supplementation only to do so in private.  It is as if your child is less intelligent if he/she requires supplementation.   Also, even though the OP says she/he does not want to supplement, she/he does so in the broader sense.  Personally, I think it is fine to do so and no parent should feel that they need to hide from it or be ashamed of it.  [/quote]

That is weird.  We supplement.  I don't broadcast it, but if you asked me directly, I'd tell you that I do.  There's nothing wrong with it.  [/quote]

Same here, although it may be more like enrichment than supplementing.  Either way, it comes off as insecure / bragging when people are really in your face about it.  If you're interested, we can talk about it, but it's nothing I need to broadcast.[/quote]

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