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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sigh.

This post every year.  North Arlington parents,  who went to HLS or Georgetown or UVA, believe their snowflake is gifted.   Smarter than the other stupid children from, say, dumb Va Tech that they are stuck in school with.  I mean, your poor child’s cohort must be filled with absolute idiots.   I sympathize :(

Then the whole they aren’t learning anything all day from the really terrible teachers in APS.  I feel your pain.  I mean, you should definitely get them into a CHALLENGING elementary school.  Look at Sidwell or Beauvoir or GDS or Potomac, where those kids are being taught some hard core stuff.  Oh wait.   Have you actually looked at what the top elementary programs consist of?

You need some perspective.  In 3rd grade, your kid needs mostly to learn some social skills.  And to learn how to get along with other nice smart kids, which is who actually attends your kids elementary school.  And then read a bunch.  That’s it. Maybe discover  love of, I dunno, skateboarding.  Your kid is going to be way better off if you let them enjoy their childhood.  But whatever you push.  And see what it gets you.  My take is this is your first kid/first rodeo, you have no perspective, and you are one of those overly competitive people who actually have difficultly in the real world.  
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This philosophy, in  a nutshell, is why APS doesn't fare well in comparisons with either the privates or the top schools in FCPS and MCPS.  There are lots of moderately well educated parents in Arlington who cannot handle the idea of someone else's kid perhaps being more academically advanced, and ready for greater challenges, than their own, so they insist on a system that masks any such differences well into high school.  And then they make excuses based on demographics and income levels when the APS high schools have fewer high-achieving kids, even though North Arlington is among the most expensive suburbs in the region.  [/quote]

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