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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Still skeptical this is a real thread and not an indie movie script. But here are some tips from BTDT.

End your Parenting Arms Race. It's a draw.

You = worked your "butt off" doing research on-line and waited in one real world line to enter a lottery. (Not one of the lines for low-income daycare vouchers or emergency housing.)

DW = gave birth to a human being and is concerned said person might be in the second or third worst performing urban public school district in the nation.

You're both right and wrong.

You = wrong because by any current measures, DC as a whole scores at the bottom rung of state and NAEP urban index level reading and math. We might have passed Detroit in proficiency a couple of years ago, but that's nothing to brag about.

DW = wrong because statewide standards and results aren't directly comparable and language immersion has more research than you can shake a smartphone at showing it's good for most people.

Reality check time. Your kid is 4 years old with clearly loving and attentive parents. No matter what school or daycare you did or did not get into, odds are your child will turn out just fine. Worldwide, education level attainment of a primary parent is the biggest indicator of a child's academic success.

Put the whole education question on ice, let your child be a child, and don't discuss education until you have at least a few months of therapy before the next round of lotteries.

Or move to Finland.[/quote]
Op here. If this is how to make an indie movie script, movies have really gone down hill. I'm more of an 80s guy (Back to the Future, Ferris Bueller, etc...), so this type of show wouldn't be my style. Aside from that, you were right. Thanks! :lol: [/quote]

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