[ale] Way OT: ATL Neighboorhoods and Schools

[Neal Rhodes]

Three primary thoughts.   

A. I know nothing of Cobb schools.  My daughter is trending towards
completion of a PhD in Quantum Optics Physics at Georgia Tech, and my
son is trending towards completion of an undergraduate coop degree in
Computer Engineering.  Both went through Gwinnett County schools.
(Parkview)    My son was captain of Academic Bowl team.    The entire
time I was aware of it, the two top schools in the state every year in
academic bowl were Parkview (Gwinnett) and Brookwood (also Gwinnett).
Both of my children advanced placed at least 20 hours of courses in high
school that were accepted by Ga Tech, maybe more.  

B. Both my children were in the "Probe" classes from middle school
through high school, and I recall that my son only took one class in the
general prison population.   (Spanish).   There is a marked difference
between the advanced curriculum offered in Gwinnett and the over drivel.
That difference is that if a student screws up, mouths off, jacks off,
etc, they get chucked out of the Probe sequence into the general classes
where chaos reigns.        My impression is that they experienced no
"speed bump" between the level of work they were expected to deliver at
Parkview and what they had to do at Ga Tech.     We met and got to know
most of the gifted teachers and thought they were excellent.   Only one
was a complete clown. 

C. As such, I would counsel a parent to consider if their child can hack
the gifted program, and whether the gifted program will continue in
their county of choice.    Budget cuts may still be a comin'. 


On Thu, 2012-12-27 at 17:54 -0500, Wolf Halton wrote:

> Smyrna, specifically Campbell Hi, is where our daughter went, and they
> had a very good eating for academics as well as good arts and music
> programs (6 years ago, anyway).
> 
> Wolf Halton
> http://sourcefreedom.com
> Apache developer:
> wolfhalton at apache.org
> 
> 
> On Dec 26, 2012 11:37 PM, "George Allen" <glallen01 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>         So my wife and I have been looking at houses here in Atlanta
>         for a
>         while, and I thought I'd ask the list. If you want your kids
>         to become
>         educated people, smart enough to run linux and grok math,
>         science,
>         civics, etc. then what areas are best?
>         
>         Thanks,
>         -George
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