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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op - I also don’t understand how kids continue to play, train and practice at a high level and keep their grades up. Kids go to a private school with no retakes on tests. Lots of reading and math already in lower elementary.

I was a pretty decent athlete. Recruited to play in college. But I was a science major at a very hard school and my parents told me grades came first and I had to graduate in 4 years no matter what. I couldn’t do both so I didn’t play sports. Clearly there are people out there smarter than me because I couldn’t maintain a 4.0 and play high level college sports. [/quote]

Because some kids are highly intelligent and/or learn quicker than others (not quite the same thing). One of my teens is a really intelligent and quick learner, who can do juggle several extracurriculars, including a really time-consuming one at a high level, yet who is also doing advanced courses in high school and getting perfect grades, no problem. My other child is the opposite - he has low processing speed and can't multitask to save his life. He can only focus on academics.

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