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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]+1. Asian families tend to be pragmatic about public schools, not chasing some ideal sounding ethnic breakdown.[/quote]
Because they understand that the role of a school is to give their kids the best education available, rather than to advance some sort of progressive utopia.

Just another reason why Asians do well academically. For them, it's a purely transactional experience. [/quote]

Hmm, but I don’t value the Asian model of learning. Diversity is important. A good school for all is an excellent goal. Injecting UMC who score well on exams improves lower income kids’ education and goals while improving UMC kids too. I reject that test scores and my kid’s outcomes are my entire focus. We live in a democracy and we need to improve public education for ALL kids. UMC families need to stop defeating schools and hoarding opportunities.[/quote]

Yea no.  My goal is for my kid, especially since DC is not meeting my kids academic potential by focusing on just the bottom.

It’s not families that are responsible for improving education for all kids, it’s the school district. And to that DC is failing miserably.  DC can’t even meet my kid’s needs so why should I be concerned about other kids?[/quote]

The purest distillation of DCUM. “I refuse to care about anyone else’s kids. Why doesn’t everyone else care about my kids!”[/quote]

Exactly! Me, me, me, my kid. Entitlement and self-absorption is the norm. It’s gross. I want everyone’s needs to be met. PP kid is likely average and PP can’t handle it so she blames DCPS for not challenging her kid. [/quote]

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I totally agree with the above PP. DCUM Conventional Wisdom is &quot;the only reasonable choice is grab as much as you can&quot; for yourself/your kids/your family, and fight anything that doesn't benefit me (sorry, my kid) before (or grudgingly, concurrently with) everybody else's.

There is a growing minority view that community benefit first, e.g., from joining low-income/nonwhite schools or avoiding self-segregation into racial enclave charters, is acceptable or even good for everyone, but this view is usually shouted down, typically with a &quot;whatevs, I'm gonna get mine&quot; or &quot;since I'm not white, my culture says I need to get mine first&quot; or something similarly head-scratching.

For my end, I want my kids in the low-income, &quot;underperforming&quot; schools and have them there now, where my kids are succeeding just fine, socially and academically. No, we are not a naive bleeding heart PK family though I'm not going to out myself to My Very Good Friends of DCUM. My goal is to be part of the community and support excellence as they grow rather than shout about it from outside or dismiss these schools as &quot;non-options.&quot;[/quote]

Have your children reached middle school?[/quote]

Thanks for confirming the DCUM typical BS. Yes, and again, not going to out myself.[/quote]

OP here.

If your kid is white and goes to a middle school in DC that’s &lt;1% white, you’re one of about 15 families that can say that. In which case, yes, obviously naming the school would identify you. If that’s the case, I would like to hear more about your experience, without identifying yourself. Was there a social shift from Elementary School into middle school? When did you/your child feel that? How do your kids feel about their school experience? What would you say some of the challenges have been for your family on this path? I’d be really eager to hear more from you if you’re willing.

I will say, though, given the numbers, I’m skeptical. Eliot-Hine, Stewart Hobson, Jefferson, none of them are &lt;1% white, and so are explicitly NOT what I’m talking about here. [/quote]

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