Interesting how school stereotypes work

[LuckyTheDog]

I get a lot of flack from my family for living in Detroit and (HORRORS!) sending my grade-school son to a Detroit public school. I mean, hey, what am I, nuts? Don't I know that Detroit is horrendously dangerous and has the WORST SCHOOLS IN THE NATION? I must be a VERY BAD PARENT!

Well, guess what. I just checked some data the state put out. My son's elementary school is in the 81st percentile state-wide. The "nice, safe" small-town elementary school I went to (the one in SUCH A NICE PLACE TO RAISE CHILDREN), well, it's in the 21st percentile.

And, Oh, BTW... when he was tested last year, in third grade, my son could read at a grade level of 6.8. He also tested more than a grade level ahead in math.