UrbanBaby

07.02.20, 17:42 PM General Topics
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Non-covid topic. We left a TT school two years ago for the suburbs of CT. I promise you the teachers at DCs new school are far superior and engaged. The difference is the parents at the NYC TT went to extreme lengths to ensure their kids kept up with the rigorous curriculum. In other words, teachers had high expectations and the families used outside resources to meet these expectations. This was not only about hiring tutors. For example, know several kids who took Latin before the program even started. Know families who would travel to countries that woudl be relevant to the following year's curriculum. The lengths they went were truly over the top [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 07.02.20, 05:42 PM Flag

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Which TT? We are at a 3T? I think? and I see none of that. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.02.20, 05:49 PM Flag

I don't want to say but it is indisputably considered TT by UB and by NYers in general [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.02.20, 06:15 PM Flag

They do this at our school too (Hunter). I honestly think it's just NYC as a whole, if you can afford it, they do it. I had a mom from a lower grade once quiz me on what our grade worked on and books the kids read so she could have her kid work on it over summer. I very politely told her to please don't do that to her child. Let her learn the information along with her classmates. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.02.20, 05:56 PM Flag

It's not just an NYC TT thing. I'm in a flyover suburb with excellent schools and parents (middle and HS) do that here do, especially with math and languages. Kids get tutored for the math they will take in the upcoming year, or do summer school in other districts for the course they will take in the fall. It's very common to do a whole class for no credit somewhere else before taking it for credit again. It happens anywhere where parents are overly concerned about their children's academic success. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.02.20, 07:05 PM Flag

READ THE ROOM, SUSAN. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.02.20, 06:02 PM Flag

Huh? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.02.20, 06:14 PM Flag

We're all over here figuring out what to do when UB goes down, and you're rearranging the deck chairs. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.02.20, 06:22 PM Flag

Lol [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.02.20, 07:15 PM Flag