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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone explain why Banneker is harder for the boys than girls.  I have a boy, and Banneker is on my radar for future consideration. To be honest, I've heard the same comment about Washington Latin. Thanks. [/quote]

More on this please?[/quote]  I'm not the person you quoted, but I have a boy at Banneker, 9th grader.   It's been very hard on my son and  I've seen several boys asked to leave already.  If you don't keep a 2.0 GPA they will force you out (and that's a 2.0 on Banneker's alternative grading scale which is brutal).

I think some of it is just the typical adjustment to high school, but it's also t his particular school.  I already know my younger kid will not be attending Banneker, there is no way he could keep up with the rigor.  I wish I had thought about this more with my current son. I think that if he really pushes himself he can make it through, but I don't know if I want to subject him to this kind of pressure for the next 4 years.  At Banneker they really pride themselves with preparing kids for the rigor of college. They say Banneker kids have no problems adjusting to college, because they push them so hard while they are at Banneker.  They also say that for Banneker grads getting an A in college is a breeze, because at Banneker to get an A you need a 95%.    I think it's a great school and a great program but it's not for every kid.  There's a lot of pressure, enormous workload and not a lot of typical high school fun to balance it out.   For example, there is no football team, therefore no homecoming.

That's why there are very few boys there.  They start off with few boys and by the end of the year almost half are gone.  I can't remember the exact numbers but for my son, he may be 1 of 3 or 4 boys in each of his classes.  I think in a class or two he is the only boy.[/quote]

I think it's maturity.  Girls are more mature at 14.  My son was asked to leave after 9th grade.  He is doing great now, but he's in 11th grade.  His maturity did not match his intelligence.  I wish Banneker could figure this out.  Boys and girls are really different.[/quote]PP here, I think you make a great point.  If you don't mind sharing, where does your son attend now?[/quote]

DeMatha.  Love it.  [b]They really get boys[/b] and acknowledge and try to get the parents to understand that you don't see the glimmer of maturity until 11th grade.  What do you know, my son went from Cs to As this year.[/quote]

DeMatha really gets boys because DeMatha has been an all boys school since its inception.  The same could be said for Gonzaga.  DeMatha really doesn't have a magic potion for boys' success other than being an all boys school.[/quote]

The logic here escapes me.  Sounds like a classic case of "practice makes perfect," as opposed to a mix of cluelessness and indifference at Banneker.

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