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Anonymous wrote:I know Wootton graduates from the heyday of Wootton in the late 90s and early aughts. Lots of them aren’t super successful. Lots of them are super successful. I know wooton dropouts from the heyday. I know those that overdosed and died after graduating. I know some of had babies in their teens. All this to say - going to “super academic rigor” high schools doesn’t equal success for your kids. I know more successful people from Gaithersburg, Watkins mill, BALTIMORE CITY. Your kids will be OKAY. Just love them and support them. That’s the most important thing for your kids.

I'm from Gaithersburg and met a lot of people who went to W schools when I went to college. This anecdote sounds dumb at face value, because it is. Kids from W schools were way more effective out of the gate and, on average, had better outcomes (great jobs out of school, med school, etc) than average. This is obvious to anyone who is honest with themselves.

We're not talking about guarantees, we're talking about probability and uncertainty. Having a rigorous environment where expectations are high sets you up for success. It's not the whole story, but it's part of it. The smart thing to do would be to expand this mindset to other clusters over time and curate excellence, but we're going in the other direction, because MCPS does not have the courage to hold itself accountable to teach children effectively. It's too hard.

Agree and also, if we are being honest, many of those “early leads” came from family connections not what they were taught at a school that began with the letter W.

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Anonymous wrote:I know Wootton graduates from the heyday of Wootton in the late 90s and early aughts. Lots of them aren’t super successful. Lots of them are super successful. I know wooton dropouts from the heyday. I know those that overdosed and died after graduating. I know some of had babies in their teens. All this to say - going to “super academic rigor” high schools doesn’t equal success for your kids. I know more successful people from Gaithersburg, Watkins mill, BALTIMORE CITY. Your kids will be OKAY. Just love them and support them. That’s the most important thing for your kids.

I'm from Gaithersburg and met a lot of people who went to W schools when I went to college. This anecdote sounds dumb at face value, because it is. Kids from W schools were way more effective out of the gate and, on average, had better outcomes (great jobs out of school, med school, etc) than average. This is obvious to anyone who is honest with themselves.

We're not talking about guarantees, we're talking about probability and uncertainty. Having a rigorous environment where expectations are high sets you up for success. It's not the whole story, but it's part of it. The smart thing to do would be to expand this mindset to other clusters over time and curate excellence, but we're going in the other direction, because MCPS does not have the courage to hold itself accountable to teach children effectively. It's too hard.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know Wootton graduates from the heyday of Wootton in the late 90s and early aughts. Lots of them aren’t super successful. Lots of them are super successful. I know wooton dropouts from the heyday. I know those that overdosed and died after graduating. I know some of had babies in their teens. All this to say - going to “super academic rigor” high schools doesn’t equal success for your kids. I know more successful people from Gaithersburg, Watkins mill, BALTIMORE CITY. Your kids will be OKAY. Just love them and support them. That’s the most important thing for your kids.

I'm from Gaithersburg and met a lot of people who went to W schools when I went to college. This anecdote sounds dumb at face value, because it is. Kids from W schools were way more effective out of the gate and, on average, had better outcomes (great jobs out of school, med school, etc) than average. This is obvious to anyone who is honest with themselves.

We're not talking about guarantees, we're talking about probability and uncertainty. Having a rigorous environment where expectations are high sets you up for success. It's not the whole story, but it's part of it. The smart thing to do would be to expand this mindset to other clusters over time and curate excellence, but we're going in the other direction, because MCPS does not have the courage to hold itself accountable to teach children effectively. It's too hard.

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Anonymous wrote:I now realize that “Stop Asian Hate” means stop Asians from hating others. 😢 The immigrants who lost the plot.

Huh? This feels rather high and mighty. Aren’t we trying to be clever and snarky here?

You assume the Asians doing the hate are immigrants. Some are, some aren’t. Some are 2nd gen by now.

The other thing is, you sound ignorant as hell not understanding there’s some scarcity mindset in the mix.

If this was supposed to be funny, it’s just sad and gross.

I will be honest with you. No one knows or differentiates between recent Asian immigrants and 4th or 5th generation Asian immigrants. I know within your own communities, you do differentiate but for non-Asians we are not able to make this type of differentiation so everyone gets painted with the same broad brush. And no, no one feels like making the effort to figure this out - it’s really not relevant to us.

Anonymous wrote:I know Wootton graduates from the heyday of Wootton in the late 90s and early aughts. Lots of them aren’t super successful. Lots of them are super successful. I know wooton dropouts from the heyday. I know those that overdosed and died after graduating. I know some of had babies in their teens. All this to say - going to “super academic rigor” high schools doesn’t equal success for your kids. I know more successful people from Gaithersburg, Watkins mill, BALTIMORE CITY. Your kids will be OKAY. Just love them and support them. That’s the most important thing for your kids.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I now realize that “Stop Asian Hate” means stop Asians from hating others. 😢 The immigrants who lost the plot.

Huh? This feels rather high and mighty. Aren’t we trying to be clever and snarky here?

You assume the Asians doing the hate are immigrants. Some are, some aren’t. Some are 2nd gen by now.

The other thing is, you sound ignorant as hell not understanding there’s some scarcity mindset in the mix.

If this was supposed to be funny, it’s just sad and gross.

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Anonymous wrote:All MCPS stuff is translated via the platform in the preferred language.

What platform? What languages? Is the translation certified as accurate? Does it comply with federal law?

Real question. What law? Link or citation please.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I now realize that “Stop Asian Hate” means stop Asians from hating others. 😢 The immigrants who lost the plot.

Huh? This feels rather high and mighty. Aren’t we trying to be clever and snarky here?

You assume the Asians doing the hate are immigrants. Some are, some aren’t. Some are 2nd gen by now.

The other thing is, you sound ignorant as hell not understanding there’s some scarcity mindset in the mix.

If this was supposed to be funny, it’s just sad and gross.

Anonymous wrote:I now realize that “Stop Asian Hate” means stop Asians from hating others. 😢 The immigrants who lost the plot.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All MCPS stuff is translated via the platform in the preferred language.

What platform? What languages? Is the translation certified as accurate? Does it comply with federal law?

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Anonymous wrote:Complete straw-grasping at this point. Always has been really. A better use of your time would be to start Waze-ing the best routes to Crown at various times of day. Late August '27 will be here before you know it!

The wootton walkers never venture over to Crown or Rio apparently so please start practicing now.

How do these “Wootton Pahhhhhkway” parents expect their children to survive once they get to college? When you get to college, you have to do all kinds of new and uncomfy things like walking, riding the bus, being tired, etc. How will America’s smartest kids in the whole wide world ever survive??!

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Anonymous wrote:Complete straw-grasping at this point. Always has been really. A better use of your time would be to start Waze-ing the best routes to Crown at various times of day. Late August '27 will be here before you know it!

The wootton walkers never venture over to Crown or Rio apparently so please start practicing now.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All MCPS stuff is translated via the platform in the preferred language.

What platform? What languages? Is the translation certified as accurate? Does it comply with federal law?

How do you not know what platform MCPS uses?

Right? If you are suing on this, you should really know. I’m not mad but I am disappointed

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Anonymous wrote:Complete straw-grasping at this point. Always has been really. A better use of your time would be to start Waze-ing the best routes to Crown at various times of day. Late August '27 will be here before you know it!

The wootton walkers never venture over to Crown or Rio apparently so please start practicing now.