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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Latin culture trusts the institution? Have they seen their kid's tests scores? They just go with the flow. What a load of crap.[/quote]

Not crap. You have to accept that parents frame their school expectations based on their experiences. There are cultural differences that impact how students perform in a school system that has different unstated rules.

MCPS is weird. It simultaneously minimizes parental involvement [b]but the high scores it take credit for come from parents who supplement and teach at home[/b]. It took me a while to realize that you really have to teach your kids at home. This is not the expectation at all in Latin American or South American countries. Its strange to have to be this involved with my child's education and school work. Its hard to do with both parents working. I can completely understand why many immigrants don't catch on to this.

You also have parents that don't have a strong education and can barely read english. At some point, MCPS needs to start actually teaching. [/quote]

You hit the nail on the head. If we trust MCPS to teach our kids, we are all in trouble. I spend a lot of time with my kids and it shows. Their teachers are so impressed with how quickly they learn. Uh, no thanks to them. No wonder homeshcooling is becoming so popular. And Montgomery County government is completely to blame for the downfall of the county. We used to be so respected and now we are just so politically correct and diverse! If you can't speak 12 languages, you'll never make it here. We won't be here much longer and as more white flight happens, you will see the once might MC crumble completely.[/quote]

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