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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kinda racist but yes, it is much more stressful for the kids, especially at the high school level. DD will be a 12th grader in the fall at Wootton high school and I am super happy for her that she can finally get out of the school. The environment is so toxic, cutthroat, and competitive. She is an above average student but had struggled so much in her classes because she always felt so dumb even though she was a great student. It is hard for her to be active in the community as well since everyone is fighting so hard for the leadership positions in student activities. Trust me, I never would thought that these problems could arise after we researched for so long trying to find the right schools. I doubt it is that bad at the elementary or middle school level though. Would have preferred to send DD to QO, RM, or even Churchill which all seem much more well-rounded. Obviously for some students this type of environment is good but for others it can be horrible. [/quote]

I find it hilarious that you think Churchill is well-rounded.[/quote]

what does well rounded mean?  Do these kids just study all day and do not do an instrument, take a language, be involved in drama/arts, volunteer in a community, do a sport?  From what I know of kids in the W schools, they are pretty well rounded to me.  If your racist implication is that Asians aren't well-rounded, you're dead wrong.[/quote]

Well-rounded doesn't always mean an individual student, but the students at the school as a whole. For ex., take 4 kids out of RM and one might be a snobby spoiled brat who doesn't care about school, a poor kid who works weekdays and has great grades, a slacker who loves video games and has awful grades, and a student who loves reading and has good grades. When people say wootton isn't well-rounded it is because those 4 kids might be good student who loves math, good student whose parents push them too hard, good student who works hard to get good grades, etc. This is mainly because the demographics mainly consist of asian and white students who live in $600,000-$800,000 SFHs. The school pulls from mainly one demographic group where everyone is so equal. At RM, students are pretty equally asian, hispanic, a little more white, and a little less black. They mainly consist of students living in homes in the Twinbrook area whose FARMS rate is 70% with apartments and townhouses to wealthy neighborhoods near Ritchie Park es and west side of rockville. There is so much diversity in the school that it creates a diverse environment and a great one for students too, which is in my opinion a better one than what wootton has to offer.[/quote]

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