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[quote=Anonymous]As with a lot of things, I suspect the instinct of the teachers is to scare their students into taking the new school seriously, "whip them into shape," and establish a high baseline of expectations. This is normal, especially for the people entering the school who are coming from a bunch of different places. It's easier to set a high baseline and back off later than it is to try to go easy on them and ramp up. You should tell your child that it's normal to feel overwhelmed, stick with it, and develop strategies to manage these feelings, like thinking about it in manageable blocks rather than one giant mass of stuff to do that all has to be done at once. Children and adults are both extremely adaptable. It is our privilege as parents that children like to make sure you know they are being forced to adapt every step of the way :P Listen to it, but have faith that they will get there. [/quote]
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