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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Y'all need to talking up ArlTech. It's horrible trade school for the poors. Stay away!

I'm a little disappointed that some people joined the lottery just to do it, with no care, regard or interest in the program.

This program works for particular kids and the spaces should be for them. For goodness sake, if you want AP, don't do AT.[/quote]

Can you please help explain what types of kids that it works well for? I would love your thoughts. [/quote]

"The poors" was, indeed sarcasm. I would like people to stop talking about it being a great school b/c my child wants to go and I fear that by the time they can enter the lottery, they'll get a really high number. One poster, or more than one, clearly did no homework before entering the lottery. I assume that they think since it is selective, it's "better" somehow.

No, it's not better. It's different and was designed for particular types of students. For example, some kids do really well in project based courses and AT is oriented in that way. ALSo, some kids need a tactile, direct connection between learning and real life; AT provides that. Most ARL kids will thrive in WL, W, and YT; mine won't. It's AT or private and I really want to retire.

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It really is surprising to me that people post here that their kids got a spot and they clearly know nothing about it. Even a short visit to the website answers most questions. I do think it's a great option but my DC refused to consider it because of size.

It's also interesting to see the classist bias against DE classes vs AP.[/quote]

DE is a bad deal if you are going out of state. I took a dozen DE courses in my southern high school, and got 0 credit in college vs my college classmates who AP out of half a dozen classes. Maybe AP is less accepted now, but it is far more portable than DE

And that’s the basis of the class distinction — if your goal is ONLY VA community or state schools, DE is an excellent option. But it’s self limiting. [/quote]

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