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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it really depends on the kid. I had one go through Whitman and one through private HS. They are different kids with different needs. Both equally smart, but the one in private got lost in the shuffle of Pyle and needed a smaller environment to thrive. The one who went to Whitman didn’t need a smaller environment and benefited from the broader course selection at Whitman. Yes, MCPS can be a joke with some of their grading policies. But for the self-motivated kid that doesn’t matter. [/quote]

Self-motivation doesn’t make up for a low expectation environment. I went to a top private high school and was surrounded by self-motivated kids, many of whom went there because we were motivated to want a more challenging environment.

I’m not sure why you all cast private schools as these places that cater to kids who need coddling or who aren’t self-motivated learners. That simply isn’t true for the top private schools. [/quote]
dp.. there are a lot self motivated kids in public schools, and they challenge themselves by taking the advanced courses, multiple IB/AP courses and exams, all while doing a lot of extra curricular activities.   The larger publics with a lot of these high achieving kids offer a lot more advanced classes.   That's the power of economies of scale.[/quote]

Do I have to post course catalogs again?[/quote]
do I have to repeat that a course catalog is meaningless because it doesn't always mean that the school offers that course if the demand is low?  Colleges even do this.
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