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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Almost certainly won’t move.  I went to lousy public schools and turned out fine.  Motivated high-achieving students will do fine anywhere.  Plus it’s good to go to diverse schools—helps you learn how to deal with people of different backgrounds and with different approaches to life.

If we moved anyplace, it would be DC, just for shorter commutes as we both work downtown.[/quote]

My hard-working daughter kept asking why everyone around her received As - and why the majority of the school made honor roll.

We're in Frederick now.[/quote]
So your DD worked hard but couldn't get straight As but everyone else around her were getting As?  Maybe she needed to work harder?  Maybe there are lots of fairly smart kids in the school?  [/quote]

No, she did get straight As, but so did everyone else around her.  She works hard.  We moved.  She is working harder to maintain her As. She's on a three-year plan to graduate from high school.

She's working PT, keeping up her grades, and is very involved in music.

Let me fill you in on a little secret:  When you eliminate the 50% rule and put the onus on the student so that re-teaching and re-assessing are not necessary, children will rise to meet the expectations.  That means an A TRULY stands for high academic achievement.

Unfortunately, [b]we tend to judge others when we know very little about their own experiences. [/b] I am an expert in education after being in the field for over 25 years.  [b]When you can no longer maintain integrity,[/b] it's time to move out or move into a place where instruction is still rigorous.

So the fighting on these threads is useless.  Some parents will continue to defend the system b/c they don't know any better.  Others will leave for another system or head toward private.

So it's a win-win for all, right?  You do you, and I'll do me.
[/quote]Then why are you on this forum still fighting?

If she worked hard for her A what makes her think others weren't working hard for their's, especially given what you stated (which I bolded) that you know very little about other's experiences.

You're such an expert in education that you can tell what SES level each child is by just looking at them?   I would say you have no integrity as a teacher if you are judging kids' families income level by the way they look or behave.[/quote]

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