Anonymous wrote:You guys can dash off and make your kids start all over again in a new school and neighborhood every time your GreatSchools score drops two points, but my children are actually from somewhere, and are attached to the people and community they have grown up with. A community is more than a number (and you will never build a community if you’re only there for the number).
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’d read about 1960s-1970s white flight in my history classes, and naively assumed we had moved beyond that sort of thing. To those of you who say you are not white, I would be careful about allying yourselves with the whites planning to escape the county. You may be what they are running from.
+100. Tons of naive people on this forum. I'm glad the younger generation are more evolved. Signed, Asian parent staying put. My kids don't need an entire school of "smart" kids to help them do well.
Oh please, Asian communities are among the most cliquish and tight communities. Just look at Potomac/Rockville and Boyds and Clarksburg. Your kids may not need any help at all when it comes to school performance but you probably “prefer” to be surrounded by a lot of smart kids.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’d read about 1960s-1970s white flight in my history classes, and naively assumed we had moved beyond that sort of thing. To those of you who say you are not white, I would be careful about allying yourselves with the whites planning to escape the county. You may be what they are running from.
+100. Tons of naive people on this forum. I'm glad the younger generation are more evolved. Signed, Asian parent staying put. My kids don't need an entire school of "smart" kids to help them do well.
+1 There's also just no such thing as a whole school full of kids who are high achievers. There are certainly schools with MORE high achievers (read: more kids with plenty of advantages) but no school (even a private school) has only high achievers. That's what tells you these folks aren't really talking about high achievers, because even schools full of rich kids have some slackers, losers, addicts, depressives, and kids who just think they are too cool to try.
Who said anything about wanting a school with 100% high achievers? We’re okay with at least 70% of students who are at least meeting all of the on grade level targets. It DOESN’T matter what class(rich middle poor) or color(pink, yellow, black or white).
We’d be fine with 60%.
And how do you determine the percentage of high achievers in a school?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’d read about 1960s-1970s white flight in my history classes, and naively assumed we had moved beyond that sort of thing. To those of you who say you are not white, I would be careful about allying yourselves with the whites planning to escape the county. You may be what they are running from.
+100. Tons of naive people on this forum. I'm glad the younger generation are more evolved. Signed, Asian parent staying put. My kids don't need an entire school of "smart" kids to help them do well.
Oh please, Asian communities are among the most cliquish and tight communities. Just look at Potomac/Rockville and Boyds and Clarksburg. Your kids may not need any help at all when it comes to school performance but you probably “prefer” to be surrounded by a lot of smart kids.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’d read about 1960s-1970s white flight in my history classes, and naively assumed we had moved beyond that sort of thing. To those of you who say you are not white, I would be careful about allying yourselves with the whites planning to escape the county. You may be what they are running from.
+100. Tons of naive people on this forum. I'm glad the younger generation are more evolved. Signed, Asian parent staying put. My kids don't need an entire school of "smart" kids to help them do well.
+1 There's also just no such thing as a whole school full of kids who are high achievers. There are certainly schools with MORE high achievers (read: more kids with plenty of advantages) but no school (even a private school) has only high achievers. That's what tells you these folks aren't really talking about high achievers, because even schools full of rich kids have some slackers, losers, addicts, depressives, and kids who just think they are too cool to try.
Who said anything about wanting a school with 100% high achievers? We’re okay with at least 70% of students who are at least meeting all of the on grade level targets. It DOESN’T matter what class(rich middle poor) or color(pink, yellow, black or white).
We’d be fine with 60%.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’d read about 1960s-1970s white flight in my history classes, and naively assumed we had moved beyond that sort of thing. To those of you who say you are not white, I would be careful about allying yourselves with the whites planning to escape the county. You may be what they are running from.
+100. Tons of naive people on this forum. I'm glad the younger generation are more evolved. Signed, Asian parent staying put. My kids don't need an entire school of "smart" kids to help them do well.
+1 There's also just no such thing as a whole school full of kids who are high achievers. There are certainly schools with MORE high achievers (read: more kids with plenty of advantages) but no school (even a private school) has only high achievers. That's what tells you these folks aren't really talking about high achievers, because even schools full of rich kids have some slackers, losers, addicts, depressives, and kids who just think they are too cool to try.
Who said anything about wanting a school with 100% high achievers? We’re okay with at least 70% of students who are at least meeting all of the on grade level targets. It DOESN’T matter what class(rich middle poor) or color(pink, yellow, black or white).
We’d be fine with 60%.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’d read about 1960s-1970s white flight in my history classes, and naively assumed we had moved beyond that sort of thing. To those of you who say you are not white, I would be careful about allying yourselves with the whites planning to escape the county. You may be what they are running from.
+100. Tons of naive people on this forum. I'm glad the younger generation are more evolved. Signed, Asian parent staying put. My kids don't need an entire school of "smart" kids to help them do well.
Oh please, Asian communities are among the most cliquish and tight communities. Just look at Potomac/Rockville and Boyds and Clarksburg. Your kids may not need any help at all when it comes to school performance but you probably “prefer” to be surrounded by a lot of smart kids.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’d read about 1960s-1970s white flight in my history classes, and naively assumed we had moved beyond that sort of thing. To those of you who say you are not white, I would be careful about allying yourselves with the whites planning to escape the county. You may be what they are running from.
+100. Tons of naive people on this forum. I'm glad the younger generation are more evolved. Signed, Asian parent staying put. My kids don't need an entire school of "smart" kids to help them do well.
+1 There's also just no such thing as a whole school full of kids who are high achievers. There are certainly schools with MORE high achievers (read: more kids with plenty of advantages) but no school (even a private school) has only high achievers. That's what tells you these folks aren't really talking about high achievers, because even schools full of rich kids have some slackers, losers, addicts, depressives, and kids who just think they are too cool to try.
Who said anything about wanting a school with 100% high achievers? We’re okay with at least 70% of students who are at least meeting all of the on grade level targets. It DOESN’T matter what class(rich middle poor) or color(pink, yellow, black or white).
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’d read about 1960s-1970s white flight in my history classes, and naively assumed we had moved beyond that sort of thing. To those of you who say you are not white, I would be careful about allying yourselves with the whites planning to escape the county. You may be what they are running from.
+100. Tons of naive people on this forum. I'm glad the younger generation are more evolved. Signed, Asian parent staying put. My kids don't need an entire school of "smart" kids to help them do well.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’d read about 1960s-1970s white flight in my history classes, and naively assumed we had moved beyond that sort of thing. To those of you who say you are not white, I would be careful about allying yourselves with the whites planning to escape the county. You may be what they are running from.
+100. Tons of naive people on this forum. I'm glad the younger generation are more evolved. Signed, Asian parent staying put. My kids don't need an entire school of "smart" kids to help them do well.
+1 There's also just no such thing as a whole school full of kids who are high achievers. There are certainly schools with MORE high achievers (read: more kids with plenty of advantages) but no school (even a private school) has only high achievers. That's what tells you these folks aren't really talking about high achievers, because even schools full of rich kids have some slackers, losers, addicts, depressives, and kids who just think they are too cool to try.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’d read about 1960s-1970s white flight in my history classes, and naively assumed we had moved beyond that sort of thing. To those of you who say you are not white, I would be careful about allying yourselves with the whites planning to escape the county. You may be what they are running from.
+100. Tons of naive people on this forum. I'm glad the younger generation are more evolved. Signed, Asian parent staying put. My kids don't need an entire school of "smart" kids to help them do well.
Anonymous wrote:I’d read about 1960s-1970s white flight in my history classes, and naively assumed we had moved beyond that sort of thing. To those of you who say you are not white, I would be careful about allying yourselves with the whites planning to escape the county. You may be what they are running from.