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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yep.  There are a whole lot of hypocrites on this website that's for sure.[/quote]

+1. I find it so funny that they are so defensive about their hypocrisy. Yes, dear, you purchased a 1.2 million dollar, 1,000 sq ft home in upper NW “for the schools”. We all know what you mean.  But, hey, you went to a BLM protest and have a little sign in your yard.[/quote]

This is just bizarre. Most of the schools in DC are very bad. Some are HILARIOUSLY bad. Most of the schools in UNW are quite good. So what is hypocritical about wanting your kids to go to a good school? [/quote]

People think that good means white. And if you mention test scores you’re racist and if you mention criminal behavior you’re really racist [/quote]

The Washington Post had a very sad story about how[b] even the valedictorians of bad high schools in DC struggled in college[/b].

"Collier, the 2011 valedictorian at Ballou Senior High in Southeast Washington, said the first thing she noticed when she arrived at Penn State University was how intently her fellow students paid attention during class.

“It was like, ‘Wow, everyone’s on the same page and everyone wants to learn,’ ” Collier said. “At Ballou, it wasn’t like that at all. I was always trying to get the students quiet.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/graduates-from-low-performing-dc-schools-face-tough-college-road/2013/06/16/e4c769a0-d49a-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_story.html[/quote]

Is Wilson a bad high school? From the same article:

[i]Seth Brown took 11 AP classes on his way to becoming the 2010 valedictorian at Wilson High in Northwest Washington. That meant he entered Dartmouth College with credit for at least five courses under his belt. Still, he was overwhelmed during his first semester at the New Hampshire Ivy League school because he was assigned two five-page writing assignments — longer than any assignments he’d completed in high school, he said.

“It was the most daunting task,” said Brown, a rising senior at Dartmouth. “I didn’t even know where to start.”[/i][/quote]

What’s sad is that I went to excellent suburban public school, graduated in 1997, went to a “near” Ivy, and also struggled to write papers in college as I had spent my earlier years taking multiple choice tests. So, in conclusion, public education has sucked for a long time.[/quote]

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