Young Curmudgeon Wrote:
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> Burke Brat Wrote:
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> >
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_school
> >
> > Back in 1972 my Parents chose Fairfax County
> > because the school system was top notch, and to
> > some degree it still is one of the best. We
> have
> > found that with Special ED we have to fight a
> > little harder for the appropriate setting for
> our
> > kids, the system feels they know better, but in
> > reality they are jumping through as many hoops
> > because of the No Child Left Behind, SOL's and
> > Directives set down from higher up.
> >
> > A smaller system has the ability to focus more
> > Individually since your not Just a Number or
> Head
> > for Federal Funding, but unless the
> Jurisdiction
> > has the funds they are limited as well.
> >
> > We have had 1 child Privately Placed that the
> > county paid for and our Last will also be
> > Privately Placed, once we get through
> Elementary
> > School. Its a little easier once you get into
> 7th
> > Grade to get the real services.
> >
> > Don't get me wrong I am not to Happy with the
> > System we have here in Fairfax but it beats the
> > alternatives. I would have gone to PG County
> > Schools, and my Step Daughters would have been
> in
> > Montgomery County Schools, The 1970/80 Fairfax
> was
> > much better than today, and I feel its demise
> has
> > been the Federal and State System.
> >
> > ask any Graduate a few Basic Question and see
> what
> > you get as a Answer.
> >
> > Dates:
> > Revolutionary War
> > Civil War
> > War of 1812 was against who?
> > World War I
> > World War II
> > Korea
> > Vietnam
> >
> > See if they can get the answer within 10 years
> > either side.
> >
> > I would still Choose here than anywhere else in
> > the country, but then again I am not going to
> move
> > and change jobs just for a school system.
>
> Revolutionary War: 1775-1783
> Civil War: 1861-1865, but it depends what we
> consider the start. If we consider secession the
> start, then 1860-1865.
> World War I: 1914-1918 (US entry: 1917)
> World War II: 1939-1945
> Korean War: 1950-1953, war technically ongoing, no
> treaty ever signed.
> Vietnam: 1965-1973, if we're talking about US
> involvement, otherwise 1955-1975.
>
> FCPS is a mediocre system that people think is
> excellent due to money. There are not many
> redeeming qualities to it. Without TJ or Langley,
> it's a middle of the road system at best.
A FFX grad would have said most of the questions could not be answered as written. What Revolutionary War? USA? What Civil War? you changed Korea to Korean War and it just says Vietnam. Both are countries so I'm assuming they wanted to know what the country.