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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A fine education means that you’ll have a decent selection of advanced and specialized courses.  But not as many as the other schools because [b]there are MORE advanced/highly motivated kids enrolling in those courses at WL and Yorktown.  That’s not implying anything about anyone at Wakefield. That’s just a fact. [/b] Plenty of very smart motivated kids of all backgrounds at Wakefield. But fewer than the other two schools. Because of poverty and more recent immigration and also just the more chill perspective of parents who chose to live in S. Arl.  That’s just reality. I agree it’s and product of Arlington’s housing policies. [/quote]

You missed my point. My point is that kids who aren't taking a bunch of AP courses and getting 5.0 GPAs are not necessarily less highly-motivated. You would be more accurate to say that there are more students taking more advanced classes and getting 5.0 GPAs. I'm asking you - and others - to please leave out the "more motivated" part.....unless you want to include the stipulation that "more motivated" means "eagle-eye-focused on ivy league or doom with parents pushing and parents apoplectic about SAT scores and admission to the universities of THEIR preferences." 'cause that and the "more chill perspective" of Wakefield parents, I'll agree with.[/quote]

I'll also note that some of those "more motivated" Wakefield students end up at WL because that's where the IB program is. Since WL offers AP and IB and therefore has more offerings, I would expect there to be a proportionate number of students there wanting to take them. Then again, there really aren't that many students actually graduating with an IB diploma; so maybe the difference in motivation isn't quite as stark as it may seem.[/quote]

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