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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it just me or does it seem like the education from FCPS is nowhere near as good as it was 20 years ago?  Misused funds, children swept under the rug, principals who lie...

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I kind of agree.

To much focus on worksheets and test scores. Not enough creative thinking and teaching. I don't necessarily fault the teachers as the classes are big and they don't have a lot of time int he day. Although, there are some teachers at my FCPS ES who are super creative and def put in the time to make lessons fun and memorable. So at the same time, I think if they can do it, why can't they all? Unfortunately, save one rockstar teacher my DC had, they all used worksheets. Worksheets. More worksheets.

I also really fault the school for not teaching things like computer programs (Word, etc.) as a basic requirement, for not teaching keyboarding at all, not teaching note-taking and outlining, etc. Skills needed for higher grades and college. I think this is a serious disservice to the kids. I'm trying to fill that gap, for sure. But, when they already have HW and other activities, they also need some down time.

Finally, the lack of properly allocating funds so that kids don't have to go to school at 7 a.m. really pisses me off. These kids-esp. tweens and teens- should not be at school that early. No one will convince me otherwise on this.

This is all my experience at our schools. Others may be different.
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