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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD with 800 in SAT math have never done these enrichments, she did a 2 week prep for SAT, but never enrolled in there year long programs, seems excessive.  Her only friend doing these classes is on the low math track[/quote]

The difference is your child is extremely bright and probably on the highest math track.  [/quote]

As an MCPS HS math teacher, I can safely say most kids in that track were heavily prepped. Not sure why some parents love to pretend otherwise. There's really no shame in putting in a little effort.[/quote]

Not really, it is kids on low math track taking these classes, never heard on kids on the same track as DD ( calc BC 11th grade) doing these enrichments [/quote]

Kids on the high tracks often take outside classes in elementary to get ahead and onto that track in the first place.  That enrichment is also a form of prep. It's not like the high track kids had talent in a vacuum.[/quote]

That's usually the case with anything whether it's basketball, soccer or math.[/quote]

Except sports, outside of a minimum level of physical education for health purposes, is not the mandate of schools.  [b]Extra[/b]curricular.  The opportunities available within public education should not be differentially reserved for those with means.[/quote]

Whether you approve or not is irrelevant. People are doing this in droves. Look at all these booming prep centers.[/quote]

Look at the post to which the sports-analogy poster was replying:

"Kids on the high tracks often take outside classes in elementary to get ahead and onto that track in the first place. That enrichment is also a form of prep. It's not like the high track kids had talent in a vacuum."

There's nothing particularly wrong with outside prep.  Supporting a child's interests and learning is wonderful, given the resources, and the MCPS curriculum may not be delivering to need.  "I approve!" (...as long as children are benefitting, and aren't being taken for a ride by the prep industry with messages of keeping up with the Joneses; overzealous parental push can also be damaging, but I wouldn't want to have to judge what is appropriate in that arena, with so many different family values -- I'd just hope folks were aware enough to stop short of psychological damage...)

What isn't OK is a public good derived from the common wealth, such as enriched/advanced programs in public education, accruing to those with means over those without, all other factors being even.  The critique has to do with how MCPS is alloting opportunity -- they need to devise a way to do so that better identifies those with equivalent ability but may not have had the means to supplement.[/quote]

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