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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP you are also incorrect - in the advanced academic programs in NoVA and MoCo, the standardized tests are an afterthought.  It's pretty easy for those kids to learn enough to pass the tests in about one week of class time (really - that's about the max amount of time they spend on test materials).  The math is more advanced than the norm in private school around here (except for just a few kids and Holton has started an advanced math track for lower school ... to be the same as the public school track).  The English, History, and Science classes are very detailed and include writing papers and making presentations.  What is missing is a lot of hand-holding, free-flowing class discussion time (kids have to learn to speak clearly and quickly), etc.  We have one in public and one in private, so can see this stuff clearly.  There are many other threads on this with consensus from more than just my opinion ... enriched public (AAP or advanced programs) are stronger IF your child is a self-starter, not intimidated by 25-30 other kids in a class, a 22-minute lunch period, lots of work, having to make your own way a lot of the time.  And that is true through high school (e.g., Blair, TJ, etc.)  If your child responds better to smaller classes, would rather have more time to do art than math/science, tends to sit in the back and doodle if not called on regularly in class, then private school is the way to go.  But it's not more rigorous.   [/quote]
I'm so sorry your private school child is such a milk-toast simpleton who needs so much hand-holding and spends all his time "doodling."   :roll: [/quote]

It's actually spelled "milque" toast, after Caspar Milquetoast. If you are going to needlessly insult other peoples' children you might bother to at least spell your insults correctly.
signed, not PP - but someone who'd love her kids to have the right amount of hand-holding, for christ sake[/quote]

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