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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most kids have outside tutors at Mclean. It's expensive, but that's what you are going to have to do to compete.[/quote]

if this is the case do teachers just grade the papers and rely on the tutors to teach? That's how it feels for some of these teachers however some don't even grade and submit he grades on time. Maybe they are overwhelmed and need more help?[/quote]

This is the nature of the high income parents here in Mclean. The kids have tutors from early grades to give them a leg up. kids also have other enrichment camps and clinics and travel in the summer. All of this raises the bar at Mclean. Also most kids get study drugs. Get your kid a tutor and stop trying to get extra help from the teacher. You will probably need an SAT prep course too. Tutors, drugs, camps, prep. That's how Mclean rolls.[/quote]

I would venture to guess OPs real problem is that she wants her child to be able to compete with the other high achieving kids at McLean but the kid just isn't cut out for HN or AP level in that particular course.  And instead of actually acknowledging that, she's blaming the teacher.  If your kid can't hack it in an HN or AP class without tutors or high levels of extra one-on-one support, it's too hard for them.  And many FCPS parents need to learn that that is ok.[/quote]it’s horrifying to see how many students need tutoring at the elementary level.  I’m not from this state, but this was not going on in other states that we lived in. The teaching is quite poor at the elementary level, too, in FCPS.  [/quote]

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