Re: why i hate fcps
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Date: March 06, 2018 07:24PM
wj Wrote:
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> I grew up in FCPS, so naturally, I bought a house
> here so I could send my kids to "the best schools
> in the country." Some years were ok, one was good,
> but most were awful. Even in the AAP program, at a
> highly regarded AAP center, content and
> expectations are weak, and instruction is mediocre
> at best. We switched our younger son to private
> after 4th, but our older son insisted on staying
> with friends for high school. In high school, it
> only gets worse. His English teacher literally
> said that only the outgoing kids are going to get
> As in her class. His math teacher is always
> marking questions wrong that are right and
> admitted that she lets her 7th grader grade the
> tests because she doesn't have time, the Latin
> teacher literally changes how he grades on a
> monthly basis...I could go on. I would say he has
> one teacher this year who is both qualified and
> actually enjoys teaching.
>
> I have no idea who decided that these are great
> schools, but I can't wait until we are done with
> this nonsense. My son at a private school is
> learning so much more, from teachers who are truly
> invested.
"His English teacher literally said that only the outgoing kids are going to get As in her class" I teach English for FCPS. I have some kids, more than a few, who sit and say nothing in class. We read great poems. We read exciting short stories. We read thrilling speeches. The kids are asked to comment on them, to wrestle with the ideas raised in them. They are asked to compare them to other things we've read, to movies they have seen, etc.
Some kids do a good job with this. Even if they don't have anything profound to say, they say something, and they give it a shot. Other kids make very good connections, offer opinions supported by the text, etc. They listen to what others say and work their thoughts into their own.
And that one group of kids sit and says nothing. They offer no opinions, no ideas, make no comparisons. And it's not like it really comes out on paper, either.
So yeah, sucks to be them, but they're not getting A's. And if you think the business world and good colleges want people who sit and say nothing and do nothing, you're sadly mistaken.