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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're trying to focus in on an area to buy a home and one area we're looking at feeds to Woodson (also looking at lake Braddock and West Springfield feeders). Anyway, I've heard that Woodson is a great school but that it's also one of those super competitive, high stress ones. Is that true or blown out of proportion? My husband and I are from the Midwest, and while we want our children to go to college, we won't push ivy league (state schools or a few years at community college are great options) and we just generally don't want to play the DC game I see talked about so much on these boards and have witnessed first hand living on capitol hill. Is Woodson not the school for us feeling this way, or is it possible to have a more normal life view (that sounds wrong, but i dont know how else to word it) and be happy with the school?

I know this is a weird question, but I'm hoping for some first hand insight.[/quote]

It's not a weird question.
But when you say non-competitive, do you mean like no AP classes?
That would be weird.
Anyway all these big schools around here like Woodson have enough going on that your kids will fall in with a certain group, and you don't have to be competitive if you don't want to be. 
I think the bigger fear would be falling through the cracks if the kid doesn't get involved in something.
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No, I'd of course like there to be great educational opportunities, good teachers, etc. I guess I'd describe it as a challenging environment, not a competitive one. I guess at the heart of the matter is we make a good living in our eyes, but maybe not for the DC area. Is it the kind of school where everyone takes fancy vacations, buys their kids iPhones, everyone's obsessed with comparing college choice, etc? Or put another way, is it a pressure cooker? I'm having a really hard time describing what I'm worried about. Let's put it this way. I taught at one of the high end private schools in Maryland for a couple of years until I couldn't stand it anymore. The parents there just have this philosophy that their child is entitled to whatever will help them get ahead no matter the cost. I'm not sure if any public school has that environment, but I certainly want to avoid it and I'm wondering if Woodson edges towards that kind of family?[/quote]

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