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[quote=Anonymous]Very good post.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another kid just asked this week to leave his Bethesda-area private boys school due to academic and behavioral issues...where is he going?  Bullis.  How does this happen when it's only October?[/quote]

Have you asked yourself why that kid was not thriving in the other private school? If Bullis turns this kid around, that's impressive. I've seen it happen at my son's private. Kid who was considered a total 'loser' at his public or other private comes to my son's private, spends a month or so being like he was before the magic happens.

Consider the following:

My friend in CA teaches public. She got a kid in 6th grade who had literally been considered a lost cause by the school. The teacher who promoted him into her class literally said "good luck". To my friend, this means "I'm going to prove your *ss WRONG!". And that she did. Turns out the kid had a processing disorder previously unidentified. She spend the first two weeks watching him, then called me and said "I need an iPad for this kid - the school won't provide it". I sent her one for him. Within the month, he went from Fs to As. Was finishing all his homework. The more he succeeded, the harder he worked. She also, in observing him, asked his parents to have him evaluated as she saw a bit of a tic. Sure enough, he had mild tourettes as well. He walked into her class failing, walked out an A student.

This is part of the child's essay he wrote about her:

"Bae read to the audience his admiration for his teacher, Mrs. Siegel. Bae says Siegel helped him with his homework problem.
"Mrs. Siegel uncovered abilities in me that I didn't even know I had," Bae told the audience. "At first everyone could depend on me to be the only did who didn't have his homework. I was named the most frequent user of detention in my school. Ever since I was in third grade I had no confidence in my ability. My mom and I even cried because she didn't know how to help me and I thought I was a failure. Then I met Mrs. Siegel, who trusted and encouraged me even though I couldn't. She fixed the leak that was growing bigger in my life and patched up the holes in the screen."

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