Anonymous
02/07/2018 15:47
Subject: Time for a mutiny yet? MCPS = crummy math, no grammar, poor writing
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
I think a lot of people are very resentful and jealous of those who live in Bethesda.
OK, now I'm giggling.
PP #1: The parents with kids in schools in Bethesda sure do complain a lot.
PP #2: I'm happy with my kid's Focus school in Gaithersburg.
PP #3: That's just because you have low expectations and don't know any better, unlike the parents in Bethesda.
PP #4: See, that's why people who live in Bethesda are annoying!
You: You're just jealous.
I love my 90 minute commute up county, shut up!
We dropped our commute to work from home, and be present in our kids lives after 3pm.
and post on DCUM! Gotta love CLub Fed!
Not a Fed...try again with another insult, and go...
LulaRoe!
Anonymous
02/07/2018 15:45
Subject: Time for a mutiny yet? MCPS = crummy math, no grammar, poor writing
Anonymous wrote:If parents have to supplement, it means that MCPS is indeed failing.
If MCPS teachers are using Khan Academy in the classroom, MCPS is indeed failing.
If your child is bored in the classroom, MCPS is indeed failing.
If your child can't do their homework without help, MCPS is failing.
If your child is doing busy work on his fancy new Chromebook, MCPS is failing.
Alternatively, you could do nothing. Kid is bored, kid is not challenged, did can't answer math questions well, whatever. HS will give them a kick in the pants and then they're off to college.
Just let the county take care of it. Just relax, who cares about the curricula, your kid is in good hands. This is the way of the world. Your kid has friends at school, all good. Average in, average out.
Anonymous
02/07/2018 15:43
Subject: Re:Time for a mutiny yet? MCPS = crummy math, no grammar, poor writing
I live in Bethesda and we are very pleased with our public elementary school. There is a strong emphasis on writing (dc wrote a 12 pg paper in 4th grade) and they are learning advanced math skills. They have always had spelling tests at least every other week and grammar is part of the curriculum. They don’t teach math the way I was taught in the 70s, but I consider that a good thing. I wish they would spend more on cursive writing, but I will work on that with the DCs over the summer.
Anonymous
02/07/2018 15:42
Subject: Time for a mutiny yet? MCPS = crummy math, no grammar, poor writing
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
I think a lot of people are very resentful and jealous of those who live in Bethesda.
OK, now I'm giggling.
PP #1: The parents with kids in schools in Bethesda sure do complain a lot.
PP #2: I'm happy with my kid's Focus school in Gaithersburg.
PP #3: That's just because you have low expectations and don't know any better, unlike the parents in Bethesda.
PP #4: See, that's why people who live in Bethesda are annoying!
You: You're just jealous.
I love my 90 minute commute up county, shut up!
We dropped our commute to work from home, and be present in our kids lives after 3pm.
and post on DCUM! Gotta love CLub Fed!
Not a Fed...try again with another insult, and go...
Anonymous
02/07/2018 15:41
Subject: Time for a mutiny yet? MCPS = crummy math, no grammar, poor writing
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Pyle. Did HGC for 4th and 5th grade in chevy chase. No differentiation, now prides itself on "the miracles of stratifying 1/3 subpar, 1/3 avg, and 1/3 top students into each class in order to maximize average outcome."
It strikes me, anecdotally from reading DCUM, that the people who paid the highest "good schools" surcharge (by living in the Bethesda/Potomac area) complain the most about the awfulness of those schools. Maybe the "good schools" surcharge is a bad buy.
I'm starting to believe it as well. I have a friend who has a kid at a Bethesda ES.. miserable. Then we have a bunch of W parents who complain here. I'm pretty happy with our Focus school in Gaithersburg with a FARMS rate of 40%. Very little complaints and I'm happy with the education that my kids are getting. I'm really confused. Parents here are complaining that their kids are not getting the appropriate leveled instruction- it's like a different system entirely because that has not been our experience at all. And I'm one of those very involved parents who care a lot about my kids' education. I'm wondering if it's the class sizes?
Parents in Bethesda have very high expectations. Not saying that parents in Gaithersburg don't, but it is evident in Bethesda by the complaints you say you have noticed.
FYI, this is why so many hate Bethesda.
I got a very good buy on my lot, thank you very much!
I think a lot of people are very resentful and jealous of those who live in Bethesda.
Neither/Nor and you know this.
It's the bullshit presumption that Bethesda residents/youth are better/smarter than the rest of the county (& country). Your needs do not come before the rest of the populous, and your kids are just as average. I get tired of seeing Gaithersburg, Poolesville, Wheaton, Silver Spring, etc get put down in an effort to make you feel better about what you paid for you 1/4 acre lot.
Let's try that again! I got a very good buy on my lot, thank you very much!
Anonymous
02/07/2018 15:41
Subject: Time for a mutiny yet? MCPS = crummy math, no grammar, poor writing
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
I think a lot of people are very resentful and jealous of those who live in Bethesda.
OK, now I'm giggling.
PP #1: The parents with kids in schools in Bethesda sure do complain a lot.
PP #2: I'm happy with my kid's Focus school in Gaithersburg.
PP #3: That's just because you have low expectations and don't know any better, unlike the parents in Bethesda.
PP #4: See, that's why people who live in Bethesda are annoying!
You: You're just jealous.
I love my 90 minute commute up county, shut up!
We dropped our commute to work from home, and be present in our kids lives after 3pm.
and post on DCUM! Gotta love CLub Fed!
Anonymous
02/07/2018 15:40
Subject: Time for a mutiny yet? MCPS = crummy math, no grammar, poor writing
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Kids are bored in class because MCPS doesn't challenge them. I hear this from so many parents these days, particularly in "W" elementary schools. It's absolutely a failure of the system.
Kids are bored in class because boredom is a feeling that humans feel.
We need to let teachers be more creative in the classroom. I think that is part of the problem, especially in elementary school. When kids have dynamic and creative teachers, they are less bored.
Can't do that or be that under C2.0. Must pace the same as every other grade in the school system.
PP, the previous curriculum was also county-wide. Maybe you can also blame C2.0 for the drop in the stock market, the traffic on Rockville Pike on weekend afternoons, and my cat's refusal to clean her own cat box.
the curriculum was county-wide WITH differentiation in every grade, every school. if the class mastered the materials, it would move on to more and then next unit. teacher would supplement all the time, and not get in trouble. class schedule had 7 classes, not 4. Must more teaching to ability level going on pre-C2.0.
Anonymous
02/07/2018 15:40
Subject: Time for a mutiny yet? MCPS = crummy math, no grammar, poor writing
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Pyle. Did HGC for 4th and 5th grade in chevy chase. No differentiation, now prides itself on "the miracles of stratifying 1/3 subpar, 1/3 avg, and 1/3 top students into each class in order to maximize average outcome."
It strikes me, anecdotally from reading DCUM, that the people who paid the highest "good schools" surcharge (by living in the Bethesda/Potomac area) complain the most about the awfulness of those schools. Maybe the "good schools" surcharge is a bad buy.
I'm starting to believe it as well. I have a friend who has a kid at a Bethesda ES.. miserable. Then we have a bunch of W parents who complain here. I'm pretty happy with our Focus school in Gaithersburg with a FARMS rate of 40%. Very little complaints and I'm happy with the education that my kids are getting. I'm really confused. Parents here are complaining that their kids are not getting the appropriate leveled instruction- it's like a different system entirely because that has not been our experience at all. And I'm one of those very involved parents who care a lot about my kids' education. I'm wondering if it's the class sizes?
Parents in Bethesda have very high expectations. Not saying that parents in Gaithersburg don't, but it is evident in Bethesda by the complaints you say you have noticed.
FYI, this is why so many hate Bethesda.
I got a very good buy on my lot, thank you very much!
I think a lot of people are very resentful and jealous of those who live in Bethesda.
Neither/Nor and you know this.
It's the bullshit presumption that Bethesda residents/youth are better/smarter than the rest of the county (& country). Your needs do not come before the rest of the populous, and your kids are just as average. I get tired of seeing Gaithersburg, Poolesville, Wheaton, Silver Spring, etc get put down in an effort to make you feel better about what you paid for you 1/4 acre lot.
Anonymous
02/07/2018 15:39
Subject: Time for a mutiny yet? MCPS = crummy math, no grammar, poor writing
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
I think a lot of people are very resentful and jealous of those who live in Bethesda.
OK, now I'm giggling.
PP #1: The parents with kids in schools in Bethesda sure do complain a lot.
PP #2: I'm happy with my kid's Focus school in Gaithersburg.
PP #3: That's just because you have low expectations and don't know any better, unlike the parents in Bethesda.
PP #4: See, that's why people who live in Bethesda are annoying!
You: You're just jealous.
I love my 90 minute commute up county, shut up!
We dropped our commute to work from home, and be present in our kids lives after 3pm.
Anonymous
02/07/2018 15:38
Subject: Time for a mutiny yet? MCPS = crummy math, no grammar, poor writing
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
I think a lot of people are very resentful and jealous of those who live in Bethesda.
OK, now I'm giggling.
PP #1: The parents with kids in schools in Bethesda sure do complain a lot.
PP #2: I'm happy with my kid's Focus school in Gaithersburg.
PP #3: That's just because you have low expectations and don't know any better, unlike the parents in Bethesda.
PP #4: See, that's why people who live in Bethesda are annoying!
You: You're just jealous.
Perfect summation.
It's evident why you would be in advanced writing and PP would be on level.
Anonymous
02/07/2018 15:37
Subject: Time for a mutiny yet? MCPS = crummy math, no grammar, poor writing
Supply and demand my friends. Supply and demand.
Anonymous
02/07/2018 15:36
Subject: Time for a mutiny yet? MCPS = crummy math, no grammar, poor writing
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Pyle. Did HGC for 4th and 5th grade in chevy chase. No differentiation, now prides itself on "the miracles of stratifying 1/3 subpar, 1/3 avg, and 1/3 top students into each class in order to maximize average outcome."
It strikes me, anecdotally from reading DCUM, that the people who paid the highest "good schools" surcharge (by living in the Bethesda/Potomac area) complain the most about the awfulness of those schools. Maybe the "good schools" surcharge is a bad buy.
I'm starting to believe it as well. I have a friend who has a kid at a Bethesda ES.. miserable. Then we have a bunch of W parents who complain here. I'm pretty happy with our Focus school in Gaithersburg with a FARMS rate of 40%. Very little complaints and I'm happy with the education that my kids are getting. I'm really confused. Parents here are complaining that their kids are not getting the appropriate leveled instruction- it's like a different system entirely because that has not been our experience at all. And I'm one of those very involved parents who care a lot about my kids' education. I'm wondering if it's the class sizes?
Parents in Bethesda have very high expectations. Not saying that parents in Gaithersburg don't, but it is evident in Bethesda by the complaints you say you have noticed.
FYI, this is why so many hate Bethesda.
I think a lot of people are very resentful and jealous of those who live in Bethesda.
Neither/Nor and you know this.
It's the bullshit presumption that Bethesda residents/youth are better/smarter than the rest of the county (& country). Your needs do not come before the rest of the populous, and your kids are just as average. I get tired of seeing Gaithersburg, Poolesville, Wheaton, Silver Spring, etc get put down in an effort to make you feel better about what you paid for you 1/4 acre lot.
Anonymous
02/07/2018 15:36
Subject: Time for a mutiny yet? MCPS = crummy math, no grammar, poor writing
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
I think a lot of people are very resentful and jealous of those who live in Bethesda.
OK, now I'm giggling.
PP #1: The parents with kids in schools in Bethesda sure do complain a lot.
PP #2: I'm happy with my kid's Focus school in Gaithersburg.
PP #3: That's just because you have low expectations and don't know any better, unlike the parents in Bethesda.
PP #4: See, that's why people who live in Bethesda are annoying!
You: You're just jealous.
I love my 90 minute commute up county, shut up!
Anonymous
02/07/2018 15:35
Subject: Time for a mutiny yet? MCPS = crummy math, no grammar, poor writing
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Pyle. Did HGC for 4th and 5th grade in chevy chase. No differentiation, now prides itself on "the miracles of stratifying 1/3 subpar, 1/3 avg, and 1/3 top students into each class in order to maximize average outcome."
It strikes me, anecdotally from reading DCUM, that the people who paid the highest "good schools" surcharge (by living in the Bethesda/Potomac area) complain the most about the awfulness of those schools. Maybe the "good schools" surcharge is a bad buy.
Same old same old. The Bethesda and Potomac school kids, as a cohort, have the highest college placements, SAT, ACT, SAT II scores and graduation rates. That's public info on the annual reports. That is wonderful results, however, if those same kids were just spinning their wheels waiting for High School or lost some of their love of learning along the way because the county school district will not challenge them, then that is sad. Parents can help ID this shortcoming and supplement with trips, camps, workbooks, tutors that go in depth or breadth.
But ultimately, mCPS is crummy, just like OP states. Doing the bare minimum for students and taxpayers is crummy. Shafting whole cohorts of students in order to focus on other cohorts of problem students is crummy. I'd expect more, regardless of state, county and city. These are the kid of situations, where most non-clueless parents would opt for private school. Only here that costs $35k a year and is in high demand.
Anonymous
02/07/2018 15:33
Subject: Time for a mutiny yet? MCPS = crummy math, no grammar, poor writing
Anonymous wrote:
I think a lot of people are very resentful and jealous of those who live in Bethesda.
OK, now I'm giggling.
PP #1: The parents with kids in schools in Bethesda sure do complain a lot.
PP #2: I'm happy with my kid's Focus school in Gaithersburg.
PP #3: That's just because you have low expectations and don't know any better, unlike the parents in Bethesda.
PP #4: See, that's why people who live in Bethesda are annoying!
You: You're just jealous.