Anonymous wrote:In my experience, only the AP or IB classes have a serious workload, and even that varies. Honors classes are only rigorous in math.

Anonymous wrote:I should start this thread by saying that I'm not a troll. I am just seeking for some serious advice.

Ok, DD goes to one of the W schools. She is a good student and always has been. Only got straight As since as long as I can remember. She's done her elementary school in a very good public school pyramid, and G7 in a prestigious private school in another state. She came to Maryland two years ago, finished G8 and moved onto a W school last year and now freshman.

She gets all As but not necessarily very academic. She plays a varsity sport and puts a lot of effort in there. Doesn't read a lot but reading and writing has always been her strength. Always watching something on Youtube or tictoc just like a lot of other girls in her age.

I've never seen her studying either for a test or for an assignment for more than one hour per day. I know she's got quite a lot of assignment cuz the school sent out grades for those assignments and tests to parent's e-mail. For first two semesters in freshman she's still getting all As. I ask her all the time when she's done her work and she says she does her work mostly in school. She's never late for her work.

Here's my question.

1. Is freshman year in high school that easy peasy? She's my only child, so I don't have any previous experience whatsoever.

2. Will there be a significant leap in sophomore year and going forward in terms of academic rigor and load of school works?

3. Can she maintain her edge in writing and reading through upperclassman year without significant reading?

I know all kids are different. I'm so grateful that she's doing great in school, but nervous and concerned as much.
Again, I have no intention to brag about her or anything. She's only freshman in high school. I am seeking some serious advice.

TIA.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even the MD State Sup and the new MCPS Sup recognize that student performance is inconsistent between grades and testing, meaning in effect that they recognize there is grade inflation.

My two cents - if she's got it together, try not to nag her, esp as you only have a couple years left to enjoy being with her. Junior year and senior year will be stressful enough.

OP here. Thanks for your tips and that's exactly what I thought. Otherwise there's no way she gets all those As with such little effort.

I switched my kid to Catholic school got the same reason. All As without any effort. He never had HW in public school. A few teachers might assign a little but they have them class time to do it. His writing was awful.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even the MD State Sup and the new MCPS Sup recognize that student performance is inconsistent between grades and testing, meaning in effect that they recognize there is grade inflation.

My two cents - if she's got it together, try not to nag her, esp as you only have a couple years left to enjoy being with her. Junior year and senior year will be stressful enough.

OP here. Thanks for your tips and that's exactly what I thought. Otherwise there's no way she gets all those As with such little effort.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I should start this thread by saying that I'm not a troll. I am just seeking for some serious advice.

Ok, DD goes to one of the W schools. She is a good student and always has been. Only got straight As since as long as I can remember. She's done her elementary school in a very good public school pyramid, and G7 in a prestigious private school in another state. She came to Maryland two years ago, finished G8 and moved onto a W school last year and now freshman.

She gets all As but not necessarily very academic. She plays a varsity sport and puts a lot of effort in there. Doesn't read a lot but reading and writing has always been her strength. Always watching something on Youtube or tictoc just like a lot of other girls in her age.

I've never seen her studying either for a test or for an assignment for more than one hour per day. I know she's got quite a lot of assignment cuz the school sent out grades for those assignments and tests to parent's e-mail. For first two semesters in freshman she's still getting all As. I ask her all the time when she's done her work and she says she does her work mostly in school. She's never late for her work.

Here's my question.

1. Is freshman year in high school that easy peasy? She's my only child, so I don't have any previous experience whatsoever.

2. Will there be a significant leap in sophomore year and going forward in terms of academic rigor and load of school works?

3. Can she maintain her edge in writing and reading through upperclassman year without significant reading?

I know all kids are different. I'm so grateful that she's doing great in school, but nervous and concerned as much.
Again, I have no intention to brag about her or anything. She's only freshman in high school. I am seeking some serious advice.

TIA.

Is she taking any AP classes, like AP Government? If so, that is good, and she will need to study for the AP exam. If she does AP US History in 10th, that is a lot more work than AP Government. The work should ramp us as she takes more AP courses.

Anonymous wrote:In my experience, only the AP or IB classes have a serious workload, and even that varies. Honors classes are only rigorous in math.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In my experience, only the AP or IB classes have a serious workload, and even that varies. Honors classes are only rigorous in math.

Second this. Besides those magnets programs, only AP and IB have some serious rigor in the curriculum and tests.

Anonymous wrote:I should start this thread by saying that I'm not a troll. I am just seeking for some serious advice.

Ok, DD goes to one of the W schools. She is a good student and always has been. Only got straight As since as long as I can remember. She's done her elementary school in a very good public school pyramid, and G7 in a prestigious private school in another state. She came to Maryland two years ago, finished G8 and moved onto a W school last year and now freshman.

She gets all As but not necessarily very academic. She plays a varsity sport and puts a lot of effort in there. Doesn't read a lot but reading and writing has always been her strength. Always watching something on Youtube or tictoc just like a lot of other girls in her age.

I've never seen her studying either for a test or for an assignment for more than one hour per day. I know she's got quite a lot of assignment cuz the school sent out grades for those assignments and tests to parent's e-mail. For first two semesters in freshman she's still getting all As. I ask her all the time when she's done her work and she says she does her work mostly in school. She's never late for her work.

Here's my question.

1. Is freshman year in high school that easy peasy? She's my only child, so I don't have any previous experience whatsoever.

2. Will there be a significant leap in sophomore year and going forward in terms of academic rigor and load of school works?

3. Can she maintain her edge in writing and reading through upperclassman year without significant reading?

I know all kids are different. I'm so grateful that she's doing great in school, but nervous and concerned as much.
Again, I have no intention to brag about her or anything. She's only freshman in high school. I am seeking some serious advice.

TIA.

Anonymous wrote:Even the MD State Sup and the new MCPS Sup recognize that student performance is inconsistent between grades and testing, meaning in effect that they recognize there is grade inflation.

My two cents - if she's got it together, try not to nag her, esp as you only have a couple years left to enjoy being with her. Junior year and senior year will be stressful enough.

Anonymous wrote:In my experience, only the AP or IB classes have a serious workload, and even that varies. Honors classes are only rigorous in math.

Anonymous wrote:Even the MD State Sup and the new MCPS Sup recognize that student performance is inconsistent between grades and testing, meaning in effect that they recognize there is grade inflation.

My two cents - if she's got it together, try not to nag her, esp as you only have a couple years left to enjoy being with her. Junior year and senior year will be stressful enough.