Vienna - What am I missing?

[looktowindward]

I agree that we should not contaminate the Alphas by exposing them to Betas. And the gammas should take an immediate soma holiday. Wait, what?

Please tell me that FCPS at least makes them wear different color tunics....

[pvnova]

Originally Posted by brooklynborndad

ideas developed by 140+ folks, that 125 folks never do understand.

Like I said, you gotta keep those dangerous 140+ ideas under wraps.

I was too young at the time of Robespierre and Washington to measure their IQ.

And it seems to me you equal higher IQ ranges above 120+ with naivete or specific sense of morals, while lower with practicality. Don't know about such a correlation. But intelligence certainly gives clearer view of what is right and what is wrong with respect to some goals, and shift the goals themselves to less boring (more intellectually challenging)...

[pvnova]

Originally Posted by cdmurphy

I am a 140+ but I was also an FRL. Hmm. Hopefully I was useful to those unfortunate fortunates who were forced to share a classroom with me.

If you are indeed 140+ you surely understand that statistical data does not apply to individuals, and single individual data point can neither prove not disprove statistics.
On the other hand, 900 students is enough to apply LLN...

[pvnova]

Originally Posted by brooklynborndad

all people are created equal WAS said by Thomas Jefferson and there ARE places here named after him like ... oops, never mind. fuggedaboutit

TJ School of Eugenics? I mean, do they even have time for sex ed in this place?

[stp_fan]

The traffic in Vienna blows, and it's all from people who don't live there. I do like the area though, even if a lot of it is old-woman-townish. They do have some really good restaurants including: Rose Kabob, Plaka, Natta Thai, Nielsen's and that Armenian bakery called Silva's. Mmmm, lots of good restaurants. Having the exercise trail go right through the area is kind of nice too...one time the traffic was hell so I just pulled over and went running down the trail...lol

[cdmurphy]

Originally Posted by pvnova

If you are indeed 140+ you surely understand that statistical data does not apply to individuals, and single individual data point can neither prove not disprove statistics.
On the other hand, 900 students is enough to apply LLN...

The FRL numbers were over 50% at my schools in a poor urban school district (KCMO, 1980s). And somehow many of us got a fine education (IB and AP, even!) despite that fact. Georgetown seemed to think it was acceptable. I even had classmates who went to Ivy League schools! (probably not as many as Madison sent, though )

My neighborhood is not very economically diverse (4% FRL at the local ES), so I deliberately seek to expose my children to others less fortunate. I want them to be compassionate instead of judgmental. A neighbor child came home one day and asked her mother if they were poor - apparently living in a relatively small single-family home close to the (gasp) townhomes made her the target for a "mean girl" classmate. Ridiculous. My children are only toddlers now but I purposefully take them to parks and classes in Sterling so they aren't trapped in the Ashburn bubble.