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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a 6th grader in the Humanities program this year, so my experience is limited to the distance learning situation.

The Eastern magnet is known for a handful of things:

1) Producing excellent writers

2) A tremendous workload (much more homework than the TPMS magnet)

3) A general sink-or-swim environment

4) An integrated approach to English, Literature, Media, and Social Studies.

The DL experience has been a bit whiplash-inducing, with all of the above in mind. It started out with a tremendous workload, high expectations and very little support to kids who were struggling.

Then suddenly in Q2 the workload dropped off precipitously and grading standards evaporated.

Now it is Q3 and grading standards are back, but with the aforementioned smaller workload. The downside is that each assignment is now much more heavily weighted but also more heavily scrutinized, which is sort of a worst case scenario. [/quote]

PP, I have a kid in 6th grade..and it is the worst case scenario!!! DC was crying the other night over a grade in class that used to have a bazillion assignments in the fall and now is down to 3 for the current quarter so losing a bunch of points on just one assignment really screws their grade up. And my kid isn't a snowflake, she's used to rolling with the punches but come on, MCPS, why is it so hard to be consistent even in a magnet??

Ugh
 We can't wait for life to be back to normal. [/quote]

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