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True. And some may have [b]more[/b].  My student is motivated by being in classes filled with others who are too.  Make sure you are in a cluster where this is the case.

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I don't know what to say to people who believe that only [i]some[/i] of the high schools in MCPS have a cohort of academically-motivated students.[/quote]

No one is saying that, including the PP you responded to.  Some people are saying that there is a difference in the size of the cohort of academically motivated kids and also that there can be degrees of academic motivation.
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Plenty of people say that, including the PP(s) above.[/quote]

What do you think "more" means?  I even emboldened it for you in my last post to stand out.

It is clear (and would have been more so if you hadn't cut off the thread midpoint) that PP was saying that some schools have [i]more[/i] or a [i]larger[/i] academically motivated cohort than others.  No one has said only "some" schools have this.

This size of this cohort may or may not matter to you, and that's fine, but let's not create straw men of what others are posting.[/quote]

DP, and I don't think anyone's claiming there aren't differences in the size of the college-bound cohorts between MCPS high schools.  The data make that clear.

What I (and I suspect others) object to is the claim that non-W school high school kids can't possibly compete intellectually with their W-school peers.  In my own little corner of the DCC, you can't walk a block without finding a parent, and usually more than one, with a Ph.D. (tons of academics and government scientists here, along with teachers, social workers, police officers, stay at home parents, etc., although very few BigLawyers/lobbyists/consultants).  It's both ignorant and insulting to suggest that our kids are intellectually inferior to those in the W schools, and, yes, that's exactly what PPs who claim that AP/IB classes in the DCC aren't "at the same level" as W schools are saying.  In providing advice to someone who is looking to move into the area, and doesn't know much about the distinctions between schools, it's important to be honest about what you do and don't know.[/quote]

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