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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OK, folks we all know It's Academic or Quizbowl is already about memorizing tons of facts and random facts. Great.

Re: K-12 education
For us it's more about the PATH than the end result. Frankly for a lot of kids in the DC area, they would end of at the same good school or legacy school regardless of private or public high school. Same for standardized test scores (AP, IB, SAT, ACT).

However, their experience the last 13 years might be vastly different.  [b]Maybe, in addition to good test scores and college acceptance, you want your children to learn good values, how to listen/speak/discuss, find his or her passions, try out different sports or clubs, develop close relationships to teacher mentors, develop a growth mindset and love of learning.[/b] Parents have to instill that in spite of MCPS, not because of MCPS. Maybe it's different at private school, I don't know, but we are constantly trying to help our children be well-rounded despite a frantic math/reading/english curricula K-5, a total mash-up 6-8, and then pressure cooker 9-12 focused on AP tests. [/quote]

Laudable goals, for sure, but there is no possible way you can generalize about how to achieve those goals. The path will depend on the kid. I went to both strong public schools and strong private schools. I can say with complete confidence that you can achieve those goals at a strong public (and, yes, MCPS remains strong, despite all the bashing here) or not. Same for a strong private. Certain private schools *might* have a higher percentage of kids with intellectual curiosity and smaller class sizes can *sometimes* make it easier to foster mentorship relationships with teachers, but all of that remains situation-dependent.

At the end of the day, if you have a decently strong foundation (and most MCPS schools will give you that), whether your kid ends up being well-rounded, passionate, and possessive of good values depends in large part on what you, and the other adults in his/her life, do to foster that. No school is going to be a magic pill that will solidify a crappy or amazing life for your kid. [/quote]

Um OK, so you both agree that parents have to instill and foster that. [/quote]

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