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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree with pp-while there are many things one may find unsatisfactory about Basis DC, you are way off base here. My kid,for example, has an hour busride each way on a twice-hourly bus, and he goes to M's and student hours. Additionally, they have m's and some student hours before school-Idoubt that, aside from sleep, your average middle schooler's calendar is full up at 7:45am. Finally, some teachers are willing to meet during AE. Finally, BDC has tests and quizzes that directly test material you are told to study in class, so whether you pay attention in student hours or class, you are told the questions and answers to a degree. [b]finally, comps are created by Basis HQ (70%), so it's standardized,[/b] and not even the teacher knows what is on it question-wise before it is administered. Again, complain about the things there to complain about, but kids have tons of opportunities to master and make up work.[/quote]

It is 50% for the comps, and if you want to stand out in high school you have to do extra curriculars, and if you are out for a week and all the teachers say come visit me during office hours it is nearly impossible to catch up.  Also this year for the first time at least in 6th grade, the non-BASIS portion of two precomps and comps are going to be essays - but the teachers are very good, otherwise I would be worried about subjectivity there....

Finally, there is no "BASIS time" in the handbook anymore so whatever rules the teachers make about late work are the only rules.  Some teachers cut kids slack and some don't, and some teachers don't cut all kids the same slack.  But in general I trust their integrity just not their expectations that a kid getting over a week long absence can run around to everyone's once a week office hours - catching up is a horrible process, and some of their rules are draconian.  I have two kids and no teacher has ever offered to meet with them during aero, and they get good grades.  Mastery defense I completely agree that kids who don't do it cannot complain.  It did not exist for my first kid.  My younger kid did every single one last year and yes, got an A.  And sometimes they do not play fair in the other direction as well - when everyone fails a test except my kid, everyone gets to take it over.  But the real chinks in the system come from bad teachers, and my older kid has had more than a couple.  If you are teaching an AP class and you are not teaching the material, the kids have to learn it on their own.... THAT is much more scary to me because mostly we are talking high school here... I am not going to call out anyone but they exist, as do the excellent AP teachers.[/quote]

The 70% refers to the part of the comps that are native, not what it is worth. And I don't know what to tell you about aero with some teachers, but it's true. My child is in 7th, and there are a few teachers that are fine with seeing him at Aero if he needs. It is certainly not every teacher, and this is the first year he has Used aero in this way.[/quote]

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