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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You should search other threads as there has been a fair amount of information about the positive parts of Eastern and aspects of failures in DL.

As the parent of an 8th grader, there is truth in all the perspectives.

There are some condescending parents in this year's 6th class who have said negative things about other students not being as smart as their perfect child. They don't realize that this year's grading and work is more about organization than thinking skills. If you have a parent at home who has time to help you can do well. That does not mean the kids who don't are dumb.[/quote]

As a parent of an Eastern kid now in HS, I am sad to hear that the DL is causing this strife.  Hopefully, when DL is a thing of the past, the parental "involvement" will fade, and the teachers can get back to doing what they do best.  There are going to be kids who excel and kids who lag in every class (yes, even in a magnet), and 6th graders come in with various levels of organizational skills and attention levels which can affect their performance at the outset.  Further, some kids come from the HGC where they have already been provided these tools, and some don't, so the teachers adjust and teach every child.  In prior years, I found the teachers to be skilled at bringing everyone up to speed, and then in 7th grade, the training wheels come off.[/quote]

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