Is Sidwell "joyless"?
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Anonymous
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Like every other private OR public, at least in MoCo.
My MoCo son truly experiences joy every day he goes to school. |
Anonymous
| Honestly, I don't think that it should "depend on the class". Schools have an overall culture that a class by class breakdown don't penetrate. If you have to say that then I'd wonder whether it is joyless. |
Anonymous
| Sidwell always seems to be picked on - is there a history here? |
Anonymous
| Woops: 23:41 "doesn't" |
Anonymous
| This is a strange question to ask unless you are trying to knock Sidwell... |
Anonymous
| I get "academic pressure." But wth does "social pressure" mean? |
Anonymous
| It's a highly academic environment. there are some kids at the very top end academically who are so focused on work that they might be classfied as joyless - but they would be at any school they attended. Then there are kids who are struggling at the bottom end - they may not be very happy and maybe for them, it's the wrong school. The 85 percent in the middle are having the normal ups and downs of high school. |
Anonymous
| Some people aren't up to the academic challenge to a school like Sidwell. I suspect OP may be one of them. Then, a school not meant for a dummy would be "joyless". |
Anonymous
| I think its equally possible that the OP is a parent of one of the kids who are so focused on school work that they are not really participating in regular high school life. |
Anonymous
| I thought Sidwell tries to take focus off of grades by only giving them by semester, so that kids don't feel the pressure of every quarter? |
Anonymous
| Kids get quarterly grades. |
Anonymous
Fourth grade certainly is. |
Anonymous
| Well, one fourth grade class is. |
Anonymous
| Can you elaborate? |
Anonymous
Great. Pull all your kids out and open up spaces. How ludicrous. |