Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Back to the earlier question: Besides having well-advantaged peers, what is the difference for these students in the end?

Most people acclimate to the society around them; they strive to be in the lead group.

So, if you are in school among lots of financially well-off friends in advanced classes, then you are all ... wait for it ... AVERAGE in your school. It's a basic expectation and so not remarkable.

It would be EXCEPTIONAL to be the only kid going for Harvard at Wheaton -- at Churchill, it's AVERAGE.

Oh please. Churchill sends what - 2 kids to Harvard a year?

Wheaton send what 3 kids to any college? And all 3 of them then get crazy student loan debt for an an otherwise unremarkable degree and have to take a crap job to start paying it off. Then after a couple of months on fries they hit assistant manager and that is when the big bucks start rolling in.

You know Wheaton has several excellent engineering magnet programs, right? And those graduates can pretty much go where they want.

Or, maybe you just like to be an a**hole. My money’s on that.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Back to the earlier question: Besides having well-advantaged peers, what is the difference for these students in the end?

Most people acclimate to the society around them; they strive to be in the lead group.

So, if you are in school among lots of financially well-off friends in advanced classes, then you are all ... wait for it ... AVERAGE in your school. It's a basic expectation and so not remarkable.

It would be EXCEPTIONAL to be the only kid going for Harvard at Wheaton -- at Churchill, it's AVERAGE.

Oh please. Churchill sends what - 2 kids to Harvard a year?

Wheaton send what 3 kids to any college? And all 3 of them then get crazy student loan debt for an an otherwise unremarkable degree and have to take a crap job to start paying it off. Then after a couple of months on fries they hit assistant manager and that is when the big bucks start rolling in.

Funny, we have enough saved for college and graduate school. Do you?

No I already graduated, that is how I could afford not to live there

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Back to the earlier question: Besides having well-advantaged peers, what is the difference for these students in the end?

Most people acclimate to the society around them; they strive to be in the lead group.

So, if you are in school among lots of financially well-off friends in advanced classes, then you are all ... wait for it ... AVERAGE in your school. It's a basic expectation and so not remarkable.

It would be EXCEPTIONAL to be the only kid going for Harvard at Wheaton -- at Churchill, it's AVERAGE.

Oh please. Churchill sends what - 2 kids to Harvard a year?

Wheaton send what 3 kids to any college? And all 3 of them then get crazy student loan debt for an an otherwise unremarkable degree and have to take a crap job to start paying it off. Then after a couple of months on fries they hit assistant manager and that is when the big bucks start rolling in.

Funny, we have enough saved for college and graduate school. Do you?

Anonymous wrote:Back to the earlier question: Besides having well-advantaged peers, what is the difference for these students in the end?

Most people acclimate to the society around them; they strive to be in the lead group.

So, if you are in school among lots of financially well-off friends in advanced classes, then you are all ... wait for it ... AVERAGE in your school. It's a basic expectation and so not remarkable.

It would be EXCEPTIONAL to be the only kid going for Harvard at Wheaton -- at Churchill, it's AVERAGE.

At Churchill, it's average to be the only kid going for Harvard.

*scratches head*

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Back to the earlier question: Besides having well-advantaged peers, what is the difference for these students in the end?

Most people acclimate to the society around them; they strive to be in the lead group.

So, if you are in school among lots of financially well-off friends in advanced classes, then you are all ... wait for it ... AVERAGE in your school. It's a basic expectation and so not remarkable.

It would be EXCEPTIONAL to be the only kid going for Harvard at Wheaton -- at Churchill, it's AVERAGE.

Oh please. Churchill sends what - 2 kids to Harvard a year?

Wheaton send what 3 kids to any college? And all 3 of them then get crazy student loan debt for an an otherwise unremarkable degree and have to take a crap job to start paying it off. Then after a couple of months on fries they hit assistant manager and that is when the big bucks start rolling in.

Sheesh, ok I was a previous pro "W" school poster and I think this thread has jumped the shark now. Time to wrap it up and move along now.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Back to the earlier question: Besides having well-advantaged peers, what is the difference for these students in the end?

Most people acclimate to the society around them; they strive to be in the lead group.

So, if you are in school among lots of financially well-off friends in advanced classes, then you are all ... wait for it ... AVERAGE in your school. It's a basic expectation and so not remarkable.

It would be EXCEPTIONAL to be the only kid going for Harvard at Wheaton -- at Churchill, it's AVERAGE.

Oh please. Churchill sends what - 2 kids to Harvard a year?

Wheaton send what 3 kids to any college? And all 3 of them then get crazy student loan debt for an an otherwise unremarkable degree and have to take a crap job to start paying it off. Then after a couple of months on fries they hit assistant manager and that is when the big bucks start rolling in.

Anonymous wrote:Back to the earlier question: Besides having well-advantaged peers, what is the difference for these students in the end?

Most people acclimate to the society around them; they strive to be in the lead group.

So, if you are in school among lots of financially well-off friends in advanced classes, then you are all ... wait for it ... AVERAGE in your school. It's a basic expectation and so not remarkable.

It would be EXCEPTIONAL to be the only kid going for Harvard at Wheaton -- at Churchill, it's AVERAGE.

Oh please. Churchill sends what - 2 kids to Harvard a year?

Anonymous wrote:Back to the earlier question: Besides having well-advantaged peers, what is the difference for these students in the end?

Most people acclimate to the society around them; they strive to be in the lead group.

So, if you are in school among lots of financially well-off friends in advanced classes, then you are all ... wait for it ... AVERAGE in your school. It's a basic expectation and so not remarkable.

It would be EXCEPTIONAL to be the only kid going for Harvard at Wheaton -- at Churchill, it's AVERAGE.

I am the poster from 23:07.

Again, stop insulting us.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The infighting between various gradations of middle class people in this thread is sad. Save that ire for the people who send all their three kids to St Albans or Holton Arms. You're all crabs in a (relatively comfortable) bucket.

Actually, I think that people who undermine our public schools with their unexamined fears—while using public resources to bolster their own “elitism”—deserve a special kind of ire. It’s hypocrisy at its finest.

Ha! And to think...this is one of the most liberal and progressive counties in the United States.

Our government's educational policy for decades has been to bring everything down to the lowest common denominator. So if some kids are sitting in class bored while the teacher goes through the same concept 10 more times to bring the bottom of the curve up, that's viewed as a win-win for "equity.". Meanwhile, it Shanghai our competitors are studying multivariable calculus. Then we are going to look up in 30 years and realize we seriously messed up a good thing.

But it's all ok if an overeducated underpaid progressive in Takoma Park gets to feel good between now and the day of reckoning.

Just to be clear, when I refer to "a good thing" I refer to our status as a global leader in countless domains and our serious decline relative to rising powers resulting from our internal divisions and lackadaisical culture. And specifically declining educational standards across the board. I mention that because I know how much you all looooove to lecture us about the supposed lack of diversity in our 40% minority schools.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The infighting between various gradations of middle class people in this thread is sad. Save that ire for the people who send all their three kids to St Albans or Holton Arms. You're all crabs in a (relatively comfortable) bucket.

Actually, I think that people who undermine our public schools with their unexamined fears—while using public resources to bolster their own “elitism”—deserve a special kind of ire. It’s hypocrisy at its finest.

Ha! And to think...this is one of the most liberal and progressive counties in the United States.

Our government's educational policy for decades has been to bring everything down to the lowest common denominator. So if some kids are sitting in class bored while the teacher goes through the same concept 10 more times to bring the bottom of the curve up, that's viewed as a win-win for "equity.". Meanwhile, it Shanghai our competitors are studying multivariable calculus. Then we are going to look up in 30 years and realize we seriously messed up a good thing.

But it's all ok if an overeducated underpaid progressive in Takoma Park gets to feel good between now and the day of reckoning.

Back to the earlier question: Besides having well-advantaged peers, what is the difference for these students in the end?

Most people acclimate to the society around them; they strive to be in the lead group.

So, if you are in school among lots of financially well-off friends in advanced classes, then you are all ... wait for it ... AVERAGE in your school. It's a basic expectation and so not remarkable.

It would be EXCEPTIONAL to be the only kid going for Harvard at Wheaton -- at Churchill, it's AVERAGE.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The infighting between various gradations of middle class people in this thread is sad. Save that ire for the people who send all their three kids to St Albans or Holton Arms. You're all crabs in a (relatively comfortable) bucket.

Actually, I think that people who undermine our public schools with their unexamined fears—while using public resources to bolster their own “elitism”—deserve a special kind of ire. It’s hypocrisy at its finest.

Ha! And to think...this is one of the most liberal and progressive counties in the United States.

Anonymous wrote:The infighting between various gradations of middle class people in this thread is sad. Save that ire for the people who send all their three kids to St Albans or Holton Arms. You're all crabs in a (relatively comfortable) bucket.

Actually, I think that people who undermine our public schools with their unexamined fears—while using public resources to bolster their own “elitism”—deserve a special kind of ire. It’s hypocrisy at its finest.

Anonymous wrote:
>>>Thank you for your perspective. I’m sorry your child had such a hard time at Wheaton and I hope they are doing better at their current school, whichever one it is. Best of luck with the Harvard application.<<<


>>You handle their fragility with such wit. I love it!

-wheaton parent<<

ME, TOO. OMG.

“Rude” PP here—same!! Standing and clapping. Slayed, PP.

Those of us who went to Einstein and Wheaton, and our kids who went there, and now our grandkids who will be attending, would really appreciate it if you folks would stop insulting us. We are lawyers, principals, teachers, feds, business owners, etc. We are smart and successful and your kids and grandkids will be too, even if you live in these (wonderful)Kensington and Silver Spring neighborhoods that none of us ever wants to leave.

Our grandkids are really benefiting since now Oakland Terrace is a dual immersion school. No more worrying about getting in via a lottery or paying for language classes on Saturdays. We hit the jackpot living here. I wish I had had dual immersion when i attended OTES in the 60s-70s.