Anonymous wrote:Her posts are very common on many of these threads over the years and exhibits a unique brand of idiocy and ignorance.

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Anonymous wrote:The posters are talking about the education of their children and grandchildren. I do believe they may have already had their own secondary education, whatever you may think of it. The inability to critically think in a logical fashion fascinates this poster about other inane comments. What does the education of the poster ( typos or misspellings) have to do with desiring appropriate education for their children and grand children commensurate with their abilities.




Absolutely nothing.

It is relevant to their ability to RECOGNIZE quality education and this achievement they so vehemently believe that MCPS is denying to their genius children.

Anonymous wrote:The posters are talking about the education of their children and grandchildren. I do believe they may have already had their own secondary education, whatever you may think of it. The inability to critically think in a logical fashion fascinates this poster about other inane comments. What does the education of the poster ( typos or misspellings) have to do with desiring appropriate education for their children and grand children commensurate with their abilities.




Absolutely nothing.

The posters are talking about the education of their children and grandchildren. I do believe they may have already had their own secondary education, whatever you may think of it. The inability to critically think in a logical fashion fascinates this poster about other inane comments. What does the education of the poster ( typos or misspellings) have to do with desiring appropriate education for their children and grand children commensurate with their abilities.

Because the second part of "Why are Maryland schools so anti-achievement" is usually "unlike the schools I went to, where everything was done much better".

Anonymous wrote:The posters are talking about the education of their children and grandchildren. I do believe they may have already had their own secondary education, whatever you may think of it. The inability to critically think in a logical fashion fascinates this poster about other inane comments. What does the education of the poster ( typos or misspellings) have to do with desiring appropriate education for their children and grand children commensurate with their abilities.

I'm not the PP, but I don't really see any irony here. As a parent, I might be a poor speller, but that doesn't mean that I want my kid to be a poor speller! I want BETTER for my kid.

There are lots of ESOL students in my kid's school. Sure, they don't have the most perfect grammar/spelling. But, I know some of them, and I know they want better for their kids.

So, I really don't think criticizing someone for poor spelling and punctuation really makes any point.

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+1. We are moving our GT/LD kid out of MoCo and into private because I can't stand to watch a bright, motivated 6th grader get beaten down and discouraged day after day. I'm sure there are good teachers out there, and to be fair he has a couple who get him and push him, but we've been told outright by the principal that the school's job is not to have kids reach their potential, but to get them to proficiency. I think it's a crime for a school system encourage proficiency (mediocrity) rather than encouraging each child's potential for excellence. Parents and students are not the customers in MoCo.

THIS is why smart families are seriously questioning moving to Montgomery county. And why there are now all time high waitlists and apps at the privates. And why tutors are increasing their rates and are over scheduled.

Even Starr said the curriculums goal is to get MoCo students up to par, so they can successfully get in to Community College.

How do you know that there are now "all-time high waitlists and applications at the private schools"?

And where and when, exactly, did Starr say that the goal of C2.0 is to prepare MCPS students for getting into community college?

(Also, I don't usually comment about the spelling and punctuation of posts, but it does seem ironic to me when PPs put up misspelled and mispunctuated posts about how Maryland schools are anti-achievement.)

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+1. We are moving our GT/LD kid out of MoCo and into private because I can't stand to watch a bright, motivated 6th grader get beaten down and discouraged day after day. I'm sure there are good teachers out there, and to be fair he has a couple who get him and push him, but we've been told outright by the principal that the school's job is not to have kids reach their potential, but to get them to proficiency. I think it's a crime for a school system encourage proficiency (mediocrity) rather than encouraging each child's potential for excellence. Parents and students are not the customers in MoCo.

THIS is why smart families are seriously questioning moving to Montgomery county. And why there are now all time high waitlists and apps at the privates. And why tutors are increasing their rates and are over scheduled.

Even Starr said the curriculums goal is to get MoCo students up to par, so they can successfully get in to Community College.

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+1. We are moving our GT/LD kid out of MoCo and into private because I can't stand to watch a bright, motivated 6th grader get beaten down and discouraged day after day. I'm sure there are good teachers out there, and to be fair he has a couple who get him and push him, but we've been told outright by the principal that the school's job is not to have kids reach their potential, but to get them to proficiency. I think it's a crime for a school system encourage proficiency (mediocrity) rather than encouraging each child's potential for excellence. Parents and students are not the customers in MoCo.