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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op, I hope you read your post over to yourself. Your children are in elementary school. You are in a top school district zoned for a well regarded high school. If you are so worried about your kids chances of getting into a top college years from now, you are going to miss all the great moments of being in the present. If your children sense your anxiety about their future success you can easily make them anxious, stresses and depressed. This mcps area is obsessed with over-achieving and it’s harming kids who are doing well academically because they feel if they are not ahead, they must be behind.  Just continue to be a support for your children in the now. Let them develop interests and be happy.  Your children will be successful in life no matter if they go to a community college, state college or Ivy League as long as they feel they have supportive parent(s).... what’s important in life right now.... we are all adjusting to pandemic life and our children just need supportive, loving parent(s) who aren’t stressed about what colleges they could get into when they are in elementary school.  This is sincere and I hope you take a deep breath and hug your kids and tell them you are proud of their efforts.

Signed,
Educator in MCPS who sees too many stressed out students because of parents expectations[/quote]

Hi MCPS educator! Guess what, I see you, I hear you and I thank you. I am NOT expressing these thoughts to my kids and I am consciously giving them lots of love and support at home. I agree with everything you wrote!!! We just ask them to try their best and do keep them “under scheduled” so they have some free evenings during the week and free time on weekends. Neither one is in the gifted and talented program but both get good grades
And keep improving. Just thinking and planning ahead and want to be sure we stay ahead of anything in the future and don’t unintentionally set them on the wrong track. Please know I do take your post to heart. [/quote]

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