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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teachers and administrators out there: I'm sorry you have to deal with complaints like this. I am a parent, not a teacher. Teaching is not my profession so I feel comfortable leaving curriculum development to the national and local curriculum experts. I acknowledge that my idea of what is "normal" and "appropriate" at each age might not align with the school system's curriculum. If I need my child to know something they haven't covered yet, like analog clocks, I teach them myself. I do not say things like "MCPS sucks," maligning a huge and incredibly complicated system with one juvenile word. I do not demand my child be put in math and reading classes two levels higher than their own. If they do truly know it all already, they may come home and read or do math or build cool stuff in their free time. I know you are not put in your job to validate my child's brilliance or my parenting. I know you have a difficult job, and you have reasons for everything you do. [/quote]

Good for you, brown-noser. MCPS sucks. I came up through MCPS schools and they were excellent. Oldest DC also got an excellent education in MCPS schools. Kids in MCPS now -- what a joke. MCPS really sucks.[/quote]
This is anonymous forum.  Who is that PP brown nosing to?    Also, I'm sure you realize that a school district, laws, almost everything in life can't and won't please *everyone*.   Some people actually have and do have a positive experience with mcps overall.  Please also realize that your attitude could be rubbing off on your child.  Not a good thing for your child to learn and take to school.[/quote]

My attitude didn't "rub off" on my older kids, pre-curriculum 2.0.

The curriculum is weak. Admit it. MCPS is riding on its former glory.[/quote]
Yes, but your negative attitude is probably rubbing off on your younger child.

I will withhold my judgement about how good the curriculum is in a few years. I really don't want to judge it by how much or what my 2nd grader is learning, though I feel like my 2nd grader is learning a lot.   Yes, we provide enrichment at home, but we were also providing enrichment to our older DC when we lived in a different state.  My older DC went to 1st grade in a different state; compared to older DC, younger DC in MCPS has learned more in 1st.  However, I'm still withholding judgement until they hit MS or there abouts.  1st/2nd grade is still pretty young. [/quote]

Good for you. My older DC learned tons more when they were in MCPS than my younger DC are learning now. I'm not bothering to withhold judgment. Why wait?[/quote]
Understand PP.  But, my point was that there are parents out there that don't feel the same as you, and just because a parent expresses a positive or non-negative opinion about MCPS, it doesn't mean they are brown nosing (though, again, not sure how you could do that on anonymous forum). [/quote]

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