Has anyone used Sunshine Academy for summer camp? Any reviews?

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There are half a dozen other vastly more beneficial things that are more helpful for kids.

These schools are actually counter productive because it short circuits the learning process. None of the Curie or Sunshine students end up being exceptional. If they were left alone, they might have a shot.

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Another problem, these kids get used to learning most material before hand and at school they are able to do homework and tests easily. Who would not if you have already learnt the material?

Then when they encounter something new, they hit a brickwall. That is why these kids end up not doing well in certain "activities". And they have a tough time in college.

Hey, you need to alleviate guilt, so enroll them. Curie and Sunshine lines are open..

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Anonymous wrote:I am Asian and do not like either Sunshine or Curie. These have become marketing machines and a huge waste of effort. All they are doing is pre-teaching what they would be learning in their schools anyway. Yes, they add a little, tiny, tiny bit of additional harder questions in their tests to be able to say we are more rigorous or teach at a much more advanced level than FCPS, etc. But that is complete nonsense.

What they do is alleviate guilt that parents is not doing everything they can to give a child a leg up. You are enrolling to get rid of this feeling. That is what these guys are preying on.

People are using these places so that their kids earn A’s in school more easily and improve their chances at top universities and scholarships. Their kids would probably earn A’s in the same classes during the school year but it would be a bit more work.

And yes, we do math competition classes and RSM/AoPS type classes because DS likes them. He started in those when the math in school was boring and they are the only way that math has stayed interesting for him. I have no problem with academic enrichment in order to keep DS interested in areas that he enjoys.

We prefer DS to have fun during the summer. He likes camps that teach robotics or coding or chemistry and other similar subjects. If other families want to send their kids to camps that pre-teach material, cool. I hope that their kids enjoy the summer as much as my kid does. We have friends who spend the summer at the pool and they think we are crazy. Every family and kid has their idea of how to spend the summer, do your thing and enjoy.

[Anonymous]

Thank you all for the free marketing Curie receives on this forum, but all classes are full. Please go enroll somewhere else.

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you all for the free marketing Curie receives on this forum, but all classes are full. Please go enroll somewhere else.

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Anonymous wrote:There are half a dozen other vastly more beneficial things that are more helpful for kids.

These schools are actually counter productive because it short circuits the learning process. None of the Curie or Sunshine students end up being exceptional. If they were left alone, they might have a shot.

Thanks for your review of Curie, but all classes are full. Don't come to Curie and complain how difficult the curriculum is. Go enroll in Kumon or better yet stay away from academic enrichment and enroll in gardening, sewing, cooking, etc., classes.

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Anonymous wrote:There are half a dozen other vastly more beneficial things that are more helpful for kids.

These schools are actually counter productive because it short circuits the learning process. None of the Curie or Sunshine students end up being exceptional. If they were left alone, they might have a shot.

These are the kind of parents that badmouth a Curie or Sunshine, and quitely go enroll their own child there. Let's hope they open more locations so that these sleazy parents don't get desperate and resort to these cheap tricks. Summer enrichment deamand is going through the roof.

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Anonymous wrote:I am Asian and do not like either Sunshine or Curie. These have become marketing machines and a huge waste of effort. All they are doing is pre-teaching what they would be learning in their schools anyway. Yes, they add a little, tiny, tiny bit of additional harder questions in their tests to be able to say we are more rigorous or teach at a much more advanced level than FCPS, etc. But that is complete nonsense.

What they do is alleviate guilt that parents is not doing everything they can to give a child a leg up. You are enrolling to get rid of this feeling. That is what these guys are preying on.

I know an Asian parent who downplayed popular enrichment centers in public, but quietly enrolled their own kids in one of those centers.

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Anonymous wrote:Isn't this one of those Asian test cheat camps?

Nice try. This is a popular trick parents use, to malign popular enrichment centers but secretly enroll their own kids. Aware of this, we have already enrolled both of our kids at the wonderful Sunshine.
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Haters are going to hate, but the Sunshines everyday. The radiant gift from above, beacon of hope, brings light and life to all!

[Anonymous]

Does anyone have more questions about Sunshine Academy before registering and making payment?

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[Anonymous]

Sunshine Academy is a great place for learning, and teaches advanced material. It is a great place to get ahead of classmates educationally. I really recommend it.

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The teachers at Sunshine are amazing. My kids loved it, and got 2-3 years ahead of their AAP classmates in English, Math, and Science from taking the courses.

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Anonymous wrote:Older kids going there are generally very smart and competitive and tends to thrive in an environment like that. Don't send you kids there if they aren't among those who enjoy harder math several grades above thrown at them. Many of these kids revel at the opportunity to compete among themselves to see who can score higher. And, yes, agree with PP they have no time for dumbassess.

That's only because the less academically inclined kids have left by then only the more academically inclined stick around until they get older.
Most of these places do a much better job of identifying academic talent than creating it.