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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Glad you're happy with Washington Latin, but Boston Latin it isn't. I'm a difficult person to vilify for my snobbery, racism and elitism being brown, having been born in a housing project, and having attended an Ivy League school on a Pell Grant. But go for it if you it makes you feel better.  If your kid was in a position to take advantage of excellent, unlimited free tutoring at city "exam school" test prep centers like Bostonian youth can, would they be worse off?  If not, maybe think twice about championing a system actively shortchanging the city's best and brightest in the public school system.  At a recent Washington Latin open house, I wasn't remotely impressed to learn that 6th graders reading at a 3rd grade level are shoved into the very same English classes as those reading at the high school level. Same for math and other subjects. My children are not instructional tools DC public schools can harness to raise standards for the poorly prepped and/or none too academic. Pass.[/quote]
We have similar backgrounds and I am also unimpressed with Latin. My test in ultra academic high school saved my life. I'm happy to give you examples of real racism.  Test-in magnet schools are not.

I just wish I could explain how it changed my life and that of my family as well. My sisters went to community college when they saw me go to my top school. They have careers now. God knows where they would be. If I was bored in my terrible inbounds school, I can't help but think I'd still be there. [/quote]
We have an [u][b]ultra rigorous[/b][/u] selective high school in DC.  Banneker.  [/quote]
How can a school be considered ultra rigorous when it scores below the national average on the SAT?[/quote]

Just pointing out that there are schools that are rigorous and selective already in DC.  Perhaps if you attended the average SAT score would go up.  It's hypocritical to ignore Banneker when you're discussing these things. [/quote]

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