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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's confusing to throw the word entitled around. Wouldn't a higher bar help everyone if appropriate supports and supplementation are provided across the bar, to low- and high-achieving students. [b]Neglecting the needs of high achieving families ultimately could weaken a school.
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Of course, that means starting with the feeders, so admittedly the vision will take time to achieve.[/quote]

I'm going to argue that neglecting the needs of "low-achieving families" who happen to be raising brilliant students not only "could weaken" a DCI feeder and DCI itself but already does. I'm thinking of a YY student from a low SES family who really impressed our Chinese au pairs (we hosted several while at YY). The au pairs would say, wow, that kid's tones are unusually good.  The boy was also an impressive math student. Flash forward 5 or 6 years and the kid is at DCI without ever having had access to real Chinese immersion or very advanced math (like at BASIS). No big deal you say, well I disagree.[/quote]

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