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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah, the thing is, I was that kid.  Reading by myself, doing SRAs (anyone else remember those?) and basically just following my own lead.  I did fine!  I'm a business owner making lots of money and employing plenty of people.  I'm sure it is frustrating to hear about schools where the resources are directed towards nuturing and enriching the advanced kids, but I bet your kid will do fine too!  I send my kids to public schools where there is a real nice mix of focus on all levels of academic achievement, but I bet as long as you provide solid enrichment and provide a great example at home, your kid will do just as well as mine, possibly exceed (I'm not as proficient at providing at home enrighment as I should be, I think). [/quote]

I'm pretty sure it's not the same classroom that you were in as a kid.  In many of these DCPS classrooms you wouldn't even be able to read by yourself, unless you brought earplugs to deal with the constant disruptive behavior and didn't mind routinely getting beat up, harrassed and bullied for being a bookworm and for being what they will surely figure to be teacher's special pet if you get any A's.  [/quote]

I'm curious, have you witnessed this behavior on a regular basis?  I live in PG County.  And I've read FREQUENTLY people describe where I live in a really derogatory way, as if there's constant crime, you can't walk around at night, et cetera, et cetera.  But it isn't like that at all.  And so I've really come to the conclusion that a lot of people posting on DCUM about *certain* areas or schools in those areas are really only parroting stereotypes they've heard and haven't actually witnessed those things happening on a regular basis.  They might have one negative experience and then extrapolate from that, but it simply isn't accurate.

Are kids in DCPS (and PG for that matter) really "routinely getting beat up"?  I really suspect this is a horrible exaggeration.  [/quote]

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