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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My favorite part of this thread is that no one could acknowledge any room for improvement and instead just went for personal attacks.

Either you have someone who is hell bent on having people validate their choices or there is a defensive administrator working overtime. [/quote]

Some people explained what Walls offers, what it doesn’t and why, who it’s good for. The “but muh DCI” crowd has no interest in an honest discussion outside boosterism, so why bother?

The school is fine, gets >1300 applicants for 150 spots, has good outcomes for engaged kids, seems to have happy kids on average. I didn’t want a TJ for my kid. There are enough like me to fill the school. If you do, there’s TJ.

I say all this as someone who grew up hardo striver and went to the “best schools”.[/quote]

What??  I don’t see any DCI crowd boosterism.  Where is that??

It’s just pages of Walls families trying to justify the schools weak STEM offereings.[/quote]

Er, no.  Several posters said their STEM kids at Walls were happy and doing well.

Other posters said that can't possibly be true, that those posters are "delusional" about their kids happiness and progress.

Furthermore, the Walls posters are in denial for not understanding that Walls STEM offerings could and should be better.

Walls parents said, yes, it would be nice if Walls had more STEM offerings, though fortunately the offerings are decent, and the STEM kids are happy and learning, and, besides, it's not like there are other options that are inarguably better.

Oh yes! said the other posters.  With 100% certainty, Basis and DCI are better for all students with any interest in STEM.  Thus is absolutely true, even though no kid has free choice among all those schools and even though few schools in the DMV have the perfect menu of courses such that a STEM kid can do college before repeating college at college, which any kid with any interest in STEM must do.

Walls parents said that the Walls STEM kids are getting a good, broad education (including in science and math), and they feel comfortable that the Walls high school education will serve the kids well in college and in life.

Other posters said, "Why do the Walls patents have such low standards?!" and "Why are the Walls parents so defensive?!"

- dp, who is thankful for voice to text

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Lots of subjective stuff up there.  Great that some kids are happy at Walls but lets look at things objectively in what Walls does and does not offer in regards to STEM opportunities

- No full courses of AP science classes every year 
- No science labs 
- No math classes after Calculus
- No STEM elective classes 
- No computer science or coding classes 
- No robotics team
- No STEM clubs or EC
- No STEM internship opportunities

If any of the above is incorrect, then Walls families please correct or modify.

Also PP you are twisting and using certain things like delusional to fit your agenda.  No one said anyone was delusional about their kids happiness at Walls.  What was said was that the Walls parent with STEM kid posting was deluding herself if she thinks her kid is going to get the same STEM exposure and opportunities as other schools with better programs.  For example, schools that do offer all the things listed above that Walls does not.

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Your list is mostly wrong.

Some AP science classes alternate years

No idea if there are coding classes.

Why would a school have internship opportunities?

Yes there are STEM electives, ECs, and robotics club.

What is the point of this accounting?[/quote]

What STEM electives are offered?   What EC’s are there specifically?   Seriously asking.[/quote]

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