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[quote=Anonymous]MCPS is really failing kids that are motivated and bright. There is a difference between an adult perspective that grades don't matter and a child's perspective. Some kids have he emotional IQ to figure out "Yeah, this is all I have to do and I'm done". These kids do well with the lower standards and have other interests. I have one kid for whom is just fine.

Kids that are motivated, perfectionists, or just care a lot about how they do in school have a hard time. Its very demoralizing for these kids to see that no matter how hard they work or even if they do everything on the rubric for an ES, they still will not get an ES. Its gets worse when they turn around and get an ES for something they know they didn't work hard on. It doesn't matter how many times you try to tell this type of child that P is fine, grades don't matter, don't worry about it etc. They feel the unfairness of the system and worse it really demotivates them from their school work. It makes my generally anxious child just sad which really pisses me off.

If I had to do over again, I would not have moved to Montgomery County for the schools. We have already decided to do private for high school. [/quote]

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