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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I have a child that is more motivated than they are bright (DC is smart enough but her work ethic is greater than her intelligence.) and a school that caters to that kind of student would be a better fit.[/quote]

This is the type of kid that will not do well with the new MCPS system. Achievement is not recognized,rewarded or encouraged at all. If your child is gifted you can escape to the GT center and the gifted kids can get ES grades from time to time. Your child will figure out quickly that no matter how hard she works she will get the same "P" grade as if she put forth no effort at all. For kids that are more into sports or social activities, this is great. Its also great for students who struggle because they never know that they are at the bottom of the class. For kids with a strong work ethic it is very demoralizing. [/quote]
Unfortunately this.
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People keep saying this but my children are both consistently getting ESs - my older kid basically got mostly ES's last year and pretty much this year, too (without putting forth much effort at all), and my younger one (who we didn't expect to excel as much because he's younger than most of his class, is also getting ESs here and there, and the teachers have been consistent about explaining why they would get ESs vs. P vs. I (In Progress) (and believe me, my younger one is all over the map on his report card, so the explanations do vary.) It's the type of thinking that occurs in the classroom that the teacher observes, not the quantity - how the kid - without instruction, tries to get from point A to point B to answer a problem - whether they employ skills beyond rote memorization and doing exactly what was taught the day before and how the kid employs their learning and explains their reasoning (say in reading group).  I have been fascinated with the amount of information that the teachers are seeing and providing to parents. [/quote]

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