Anonymous
09/26/2017 21:54
Subject: Re:Stem magnet - Blair vs Eleanor roosevelt
Just to wade between the pissing contest between Ms Whitman booster and the Blair Witch...Magnet Project.
I'm "NASA guy" who commented a lot prior to the eclipse. I have worked at NASA's G*dd*rd Space Flight Center for many years (for a while, our name was unfortunately barred due to some preschool troll). ERHS is walking distance down Greenbelt Rd from GSFC. One positive I note for ERHS students is that there are a number of opportunities every year for ERHS magnet students to attend programs at GSFC designed for advanced STEM students. We have a HS internship program that brings a lot of ERHS students to GSFC for about 9-10 weeks in the summer working with some very interesting projects in Earth and Space Science and Engineering. ERHS drama students have been guests at our community theater productions. ERHS students also have attended workshops and open houses on center. They can be invited to attend presentations by our college interns at the end of the college intern programs. I see ERHS students on center multiple times throughout the year. These are opportunities that are not available as routinely to Blair students.
I'm "NASA guy" who commented a lot prior to the eclipse. I have worked at NASA's G*dd*rd Space Flight Center for many years (for a while, our name was unfortunately barred due to some preschool troll). ERHS is walking distance down Greenbelt Rd from GSFC. One positive I note for ERHS students is that there are a number of opportunities every year for ERHS magnet students to attend programs at GSFC designed for advanced STEM students. We have a HS internship program that brings a lot of ERHS students to GSFC for about 9-10 weeks in the summer working with some very interesting projects in Earth and Space Science and Engineering. ERHS drama students have been guests at our community theater productions. ERHS students also have attended workshops and open houses on center. They can be invited to attend presentations by our college interns at the end of the college intern programs. I see ERHS students on center multiple times throughout the year. These are opportunities that are not available as routinely to Blair students.
Anonymous
09/26/2017 21:41
Subject: Stem magnet - Blair vs Eleanor roosevelt
Anonymous wrote:How said the W schools are more challenging than other mcps HS? The curriculum are the same for all HS in mcps. They just have better test scores bc more students are from families with highyl educated parents.
PP was comparing the Blair magnet curriculum to the regular curriculum at W high schools.
Not the same, not by a long shot.
Anonymous
09/26/2017 21:39
Subject: Stem magnet - Blair vs Eleanor roosevelt
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Yes, average students might find the magnet challenging. Whitman was far more challenging for similar coursework.
I have one kid in each of these schools, and I can assure you that Whitman is far LESS challenging. Its course offerings bear no resemblance to those at Blair.
Don't pay much attention to the W boosters.
They are just bitter that their snowflakes couldn't make it to Blair Magnet.
Funny last year 61 kids admitted to the program were from W zip codes. If it wasn't for mandated DCC slots the program would be almost entirely composed of W kids being lured to segregate the otherwise mediocre poor DCC school.
There are no mandated DCC slots.
Anonymous
09/26/2017 21:33
Subject: Stem magnet - Blair vs Eleanor roosevelt
How said the W schools are more challenging than other mcps HS? The curriculum are the same for all HS in mcps. They just have better test scores bc more students are from families with highyl educated parents.
Anonymous
09/26/2017 20:58
Subject: Stem magnet - Blair vs Eleanor roosevelt
There are no DCC mandated spots for Blair..only Takoma Park.
Anonymous
09/26/2017 20:47
Subject: Stem magnet - Blair vs Eleanor roosevelt
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Yes, average students might find the magnet challenging. Whitman was far more challenging for similar coursework.
I have one kid in each of these schools, and I can assure you that Whitman is far LESS challenging. Its course offerings bear no resemblance to those at Blair.
Don't pay much attention to the W boosters.
They are just bitter that their snowflakes couldn't make it to Blair Magnet.
Funny last year 61 kids admitted to the program were from W zip codes. If it wasn't for mandated DCC slots the program would be almost entirely composed of W kids being lured to segregate the otherwise mediocre poor DCC school.
I wonder how you know that?
I also wonder how it's relevant. "Lots of kids in the Blair SMACS magnet are from Bethesda and Potomac" =/= "Every kid who applies from Bethesda or Potomac gets admitted to the Blair SMACS magnet."
Not to mention, why are all of these kids from Bethesda and Potomac applying to the Blair SMACS magnet if the Bethesda/Potomac high schools are far more challenging?
(Not to mention, why am I arguing with one of the Blair trolls?)
Anonymous
09/26/2017 20:42
Subject: Stem magnet - Blair vs Eleanor roosevelt
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Yes, average students might find the magnet challenging. Whitman was far more challenging for similar coursework.
I have one kid in each of these schools, and I can assure you that Whitman is far LESS challenging. Its course offerings bear no resemblance to those at Blair.
Don't pay much attention to the W boosters.
They are just bitter that their snowflakes couldn't make it to Blair Magnet.
Funny last year 61 kids admitted to the program were from W zip codes. If it wasn't for mandated DCC slots the program would be almost entirely composed of W kids being lured to segregate the otherwise mediocre poor DCC school.
Anonymous
09/26/2017 20:38
Subject: Stem magnet - Blair vs Eleanor roosevelt
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What did it used to be?
A carrot to get white and Asian parents to send their kids to minority schools with the promise of some sheltering to prop up the attendance ratios and test scores to try and stem the tide of further white flight. Ok never mind, it is exactly what it used to be
This
Anonymous
09/26/2017 19:19
Subject: Stem magnet - Blair vs Eleanor roosevelt
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Yes, average students might find the magnet challenging. Whitman was far more challenging for similar coursework.
I have one kid in each of these schools, and I can assure you that Whitman is far LESS challenging. Its course offerings bear no resemblance to those at Blair.
Don't pay much attention to the W boosters.
They are just bitter that their snowflakes couldn't make it to Blair Magnet.
Anonymous
09/26/2017 19:15
Subject: Stem magnet - Blair vs Eleanor roosevelt
Anonymous wrote:Yes, average students might find the magnet challenging. Whitman was far more challenging for similar coursework.
LOL.
Let me guess...Larla didn't make it into Blair Magnet, right?
Anonymous
09/26/2017 19:11
Subject: Stem magnet - Blair vs Eleanor roosevelt
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The National Merit Semi Finalists from Blair are overwhelmingly magnet students. They are also overwhelmingly from Asian immigrant families. Their success has little to do with Blair.
The academic successes posted by Blair do seem to be associated with the magnet. The magnet is a program that is insulated from the rest of Blair and magnet students keep to themselves even when taking nonmagnet classes with the general population.
My DC found the magnet useful as a window into Asian cram schools. There was little challenging material taught in the program that is now open to anyone from Blair who wants to take advanced magnet classes. It is a magnet in that it may be challenging compared to normal classes offered at Blair. But it is not challenging compared to what is offered at 'W' schools.
Is that a joke?
It has to be or you must be smoking something.
W schools are nowhere near Blair Magnet. Not even close.
Anonymous
09/26/2017 15:02
Subject: Stem magnet - Blair vs Eleanor roosevelt
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Yes, average students might find the magnet challenging. Whitman was far more challenging for similar coursework.
So Whitman offers these courses?:
Cellular Physiology
Introductory Genetic Analysis
Thermodynamics
Optics
Materials Science
Introduction to Aritificial Intelligence with LISP
Complex Analysis
....
No dog in this fight but just wanted to let you know how much I hate posts like yours. You don't realize your kiddo, regardless how smart, is a small fish in a small pond.
You hate posts that asks a fact based questions? PP states Whitman offer similar but more challenging coursework so here are a few examples of Blairs classes. No mention of children..just asking that poster to confirm that Whitman offers kids similar classes to Blair.
Anonymous
09/26/2017 14:52
Subject: Stem magnet - Blair vs Eleanor roosevelt
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
No dog in this fight but just wanted to let you know how much I hate posts like yours. You don't realize your kiddo, regardless how smart, is a small fish in a small pond.
Did you post in the wrong thread?
no. all threads are open to everyone
Anonymous
09/26/2017 14:51
Subject: Stem magnet - Blair vs Eleanor roosevelt
Anonymous wrote:
No dog in this fight but just wanted to let you know how much I hate posts like yours. You don't realize your kiddo, regardless how smart, is a small fish in a small pond.
Did you post in the wrong thread?
Anonymous
09/26/2017 14:48
Subject: Stem magnet - Blair vs Eleanor roosevelt
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Yes, average students might find the magnet challenging. Whitman was far more challenging for similar coursework.
So Whitman offers these courses?:
Cellular Physiology
Introductory Genetic Analysis
Thermodynamics
Optics
Materials Science
Introduction to Aritificial Intelligence with LISP
Complex Analysis
....
No dog in this fight but just wanted to let you know how much I hate posts like yours. You don't realize your kiddo, regardless how smart, is a small fish in a small pond.