Reply to Feedback on Yorktown HS

Forum Index » VA Public Schools other than FCPS

Reply to "Feedback on Yorktown HS"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Considered private school for DC, wound up at Yorktown, very glad. DC is in the accelerated classes, is learning a ton--much more than I ever did at my private school, considered one of the best in NYC--in math and science, has made cool friends, has great relationships with teachers, is just generally thriving. Save us 45K a year plus transportation hassles. Don't know if we'd be as happy if DC was in regular classes and/or needed to work much harder, DC gets better grades than peers on tests with less effort, so stress is low. Not bragging, just don't know how things would have played out with a different kid who had different peers or needed more hand-holding. Not sure YT will be right for sibling.[/quote]

We're actually considering pulling our kid from private bc it's too rigorous and there is no fun. Too many term papers, too much checking in from the teachers, the class sizes are so small my kid feels like they're in a "bubble" being observed all the time. Doesn't anyone just want their kid to be a regular kid, learn a regular amount of standard stuff, and have a happy childhood? Arlington is so freaking competitive. The people on here talking about how Yorktown is dumbed down and it's easy to pass with straight A's make me want this for my kiddo. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics