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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And test scores do not tell the whole story about schools. I wish people would stop pretending they do. It's so annoying to pick up one of those magazines named after a city, look at the article that says something like, "We rank all the high schools! Is yours in the top five?" And then look at the methodology they used only to find that it's just a ranking of test scores. Nothing more. [/quote]
I am all ears to learn about a better metric than test scores.[/quote]
25 year class reunion. I was shocked to see how many of the bad kids were enormously successful. And the handful that weren't probably failed due to lack of motivation or having kids very young instead of poor education. I spoke with the former school drug dealer. He has an ok job and a nice family. What impressed me the most is how wicked smart he is. Would he have done better at a different school? He said no, he would have just been dealing better drugs. My awful high school produced 9 business owners, 3 of them are large companies. We also have 10 attorneys, several middle managers and many in a trade. 7 are living and working internationally. Yes, there are some that didn't excel to DCUM standards, but I very strongly feel that a student will have the same success in school whether it be Whitman or Einstein. The difference is peer group which is very important. You want your kids surrounded by other kids that want the same in life. The drugs will be everywhere, the bullying is everywhere, and I am sure there are ample amount of kids in higher performing school's that aren't motivated. [/quote]

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