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[quote=Anonymous]Exactly.  I am a Wilson parent, and the description of Wilson is very  apt...in fact, I was close to tears when I read it.

I certainly hope private school parents are not paying 40 K for:

“In contrast, at DCPS each kid is one of hundreds in a grade. Teachers don't know the students. Assignments get lost or misgraded. Teaching is uneven (from AWESOME to horrible). Classes are disrupted by students who don't care. As a result, kids learn to advocate for themselves. They learn to problem solve and go with plan C when plan A and plan B don't work out because the system won't allow it. They learn to stand out (in a good way) in a cast of hundreds of other students. And on and on and on. It makes for very resilient kids who can problem solve well beyond their years because (in the school environment---I'm not talking about home), very little is handed to them and they learn to trouble shoot and bounce back.”

Ok, so this environment either builds a resilient student...or results in a student falling through cracks.

For those students who succeed at Wilson, obstacles overcome may result in a college admissions bump. On the other hand, these obstacles may result in a bump for  private school students, who have benefitted from better (or more uniformly strong)  teaching and individual attention at school, plus a motivated peer group  — I can’t say.  But please, private school parents, don’t worry so about college placement.    Just be grateful and proud that your student is in an environment that consistently supports and inspires learning.  Ski trips and tutoring can’t make for that.[/quote]

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