Reply to Are the wealthy leaving MCPS?

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "Are the wealthy leaving MCPS?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]

Maybe you need to scale your expectations to your kid's actual capabilities. This isn't China or the UK, where one end of the year exam determines your socioeconomic fate for life. The USA is a land of entrepreneurs and second, third, and fourth chances. Give your kid a joy for learning and stop chasing brass rings. The rest will come.

I went to school with many high achievers who were pushed by their parents. Graduating class of thirty. Twelve ivy admits and the rest were *second* tier schools like Duke, UVA, etc.

The most successful kid from our year went to Temple. The second most successful? Rutgers. The third? Dropped out of Brown after one year. The rest of us have had varying careers and lives, most faulty middle of the road. The valedictorian (Princeton) is a college professor. In the humanities.

We were supposed to be the best and brightest. We were pushed, collided, tutored and groomed to be. None of us met those expectations, and I don't think more language immersion camp would have helped. [/quote]

Same here, and I went to a W school 15+ years ago. The most successful now were the B students in high school.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics