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13 Year Old Piano Prodigy Treated As Truant By Public School System

:doh And yet you continue to argue such when the school never called her one.

Please provide a link to where i argue that she is, or where the school labeled her as such. Whether or not she is a star student is of no consequence to the preliminary and revised decisions.
 
This is pure nonsense. Assuming the student completes all required course work, the experience of going to another country to play in front of thousands of people is superior to anything offered by attending school.
Still irrelevant.
 
It is your position that is weak as shown.

My position is logically consistent.

Your position is based on fallacies and an obsessive desire to defend authoritarianism.
 
The school is wrong here. There was no reason not to excuse such absences from the beginning, and they knew this since they did in fact later excuse them.

His position is both incoherent and contradictory. In one post he rambles on about whether the school labeled her a star student, while in another he claims the school board was just in their initial decision even after he is presented evidence they reversed their decision.

Authoritarians often struggle with both logic and ethics.
 
What academic purpose does playing the piano serve? Can I get my kid out of school because he is really good at playing the guitar?

Developing a talent and traveling the world playing music for prestigious institutions > rotting in a public school staring at a teacher all day.
 
Please provide a link to where i argue that she is, or where the school labeled her as such. Whether or not she is a star student is of no consequence to the preliminary and revised decisions.
:doh
Please do try to follow.
I never said the school said such. I pointed out they didn't say such.

But you were the one who inserted himself in this by saying "How compelling!", and then by commenting about a comment to me.
So are you saying that she wasn't a Star student?
 
Developing a talent and traveling the world playing music for prestigious institutions > rotting in a public school staring at a teacher all day.

Absolutely!
 
I never said the school said such. I pointed out they didn't say such.

Nobody cares.

But you were the one who inserted himself in this by saying "How compelling!", and then by commenting about a comment to me.
So are you saying that she wasn't a Star student?

No, i was responding to the strength of your argument in a sarcastic manner, which is entirely justified given the basis of your position on the matter.
 
Parents, send your kids to private schools. If you can't afford one, lobby your representatives to support vouchers.
 
Likely because they weren't marking her as excused, threatening her with a truancy charge (which it could have been) before withdrawal. Possibly they said that she couldn't do such events again and have them excused, despite her being able to show that she could keep up with the work they were giving her, which means her academic progress in that school was not harmed at all by her going to such events.
Likely?
You are talking about that which you know not.

DCPS excused Avery's absences for international travel last year after conversations with the family and her school, which was confirmed with Avery's parents by Andrea Allen, Director of Attendance and Support Services in DCPS' Office of Youth Engagement. Her attendance summary from last year reflects the "authorized school activity" excuse code for her performance–related absences.

DCPS did not make a referral to a truancy officer, Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA) nor any government agency for intervention, since we had clear information regarding the circumstances of these absences. The family was never at risk for truancy prosecution.

DCPS: Post column about piano prodigy is 'inaccurate'

The school is wrong here. There was no reason not to excuse such absences from the beginning, and they knew this since they did in fact later excuse them.
:naughty No!
Just because you do not like what the school did does not mean it was wrong.
There was no valid reason for them to excuse them in the first place.
Just because DCPS determined they were excusable doesn't make the absences right, or what the school did wrong, just excusable.
 
Parents, send your kids to private schools. If you can't afford one, lobby your representatives to support vouchers.

At the very least, try to find public school systems that are not funded on an obsolete basis of attendance.
 
If you read those links you'd see the Chancellor is lying and the original story is accurate. The Chancellor is simply trying to excuse the district's behavior.
And what part of what you quoted proves the school was lying? Because the parent and/or reporter says so?
 
Says who? The guy who cannot put forth a coherent argument?
Yep! You just said it.
Try putting forth a coherent argument and you might get somewhere.
 
His position is both incoherent and contradictory. In one post he rambles on about whether the school labeled her a star student, while in another he claims the school board was just in their initial decision even after he is presented evidence they reversed their decision.

Authoritarians often struggle with both logic and ethics.
Said the one confused and struggling.
 
Nobody cares.
:doh
Said the one commenting on what he doesn't care about.
Wow. That is really an absurd thing to do.




No, i was responding to the strength of your argument in a sarcastic manner, which is entirely justified given the basis of your position on the matter.
:naughty
No, you can not refute what I say so you resort to getting personal and sarcasm. Typical.
 
Yep! You just said it.
Try putting forth a coherent argument and you might get somewhere.

My argument has been consistent throughout this exchange. The school was wrong, and they admitted as such by reversing their decision.
 
No, you can not refute what I say so you resort to getting personal and sarcasm. Typical.

I am not here to refute a basic subjective position on whether or not the girl in question is a "star student". Opinions are based upon support, none of which you have provided.
 
My argument has been consistent throughout this exchange. The school was wrong, and they admitted as such by reversing their decision.
You have not shown it was wrong. All that can be shown is that they reversed their decision. That in no way makes the previous decision wrong. To claim such is ridiculous.
 
I am not here to refute a basic subjective position on whether or not the girl in question is a "star student". Opinions are based upon support, none of which you have provided.
That she is a star student has not been substantiated in any way, nor did the school declare her one. So go back to the original comment.


The Washington Post said:
In D.C., a 13-year-old piano prodigy is treated as a truant instead of a star student
Why should she be treated like a star student?
I mean really? I piano prodigy does not necessarily make one a Star student.


That said.
The parents should have removed her from that school and found one more amenable to her absences or home schooled her.


edit: Just saw that they were home schooling.


So again.
Are you claiming she was a star student?
 
Likely?
You are talking about that which you know not.

DCPS excused Avery's absences for international travel last year after conversations with the family and her school, which was confirmed with Avery's parents by Andrea Allen, Director of Attendance and Support Services in DCPS' Office of Youth Engagement. Her attendance summary from last year reflects the "authorized school activity" excuse code for her performance–related absences.

DCPS did not make a referral to a truancy officer, Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA) nor any government agency for intervention, since we had clear information regarding the circumstances of these absences. The family was never at risk for truancy prosecution.

DCPS: Post column about piano prodigy is 'inaccurate'

:naughty No!
Just because you do not like what the school did does not mean it was wrong.
There was no valid reason for them to excuse them in the first place.
Just because DCPS determined they were excusable doesn't make the absences right, or what the school did wrong, just excusable.

If they weren't marking her as excused, then their system is broken and needs to be fixed. There was no reason she should have been getting truancy notices and phone calls if they had excused her from school, as they claim they did, unless the system needs to be updated so that excused absences are not counted the same as unexcused absences and reported as possible truancy violations automatically.

Petula Dvorak: No misrepresentation of piano prodigy

I'm actually using information from the stories on this, not assumptions. So, if we go off that information, it still means the school was wrong in not simply admitting that their system was/is messed up and needs to be fixed, and then they need to actually do something to fix it.
 
Parents, send your kids to private schools. If you can't afford one, lobby your representatives to support vouchers.

It should be noted before anyone thinks about going that path that vouchers do not cover all of tuition or other required fees.
 
You have not shown it was wrong. All that can be shown is that they reversed their decision. That in no way makes the previous decision wrong. To claim such is ridiculous.

The experiences gained from playing among the top talent in your age group, on an international stage, in front of thousands, are life changing. Ten days at an underfunded school... not so much.
 
That she is a star student has not been substantiated in any way.

True or false: she is a straight-A student despite her absences.
 
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