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[quote=Anonymous]As far as college prep goes, I do think having to learn to juggle a lot of moving parts and fit them into their day is very good prep. So decent amount of homework, sports, family, friends, or job, etc. During HS, it sucks to see your child have to stay up until midnight studying multiple days, but now that I have a college age kid, I see the benefit of learning this may be a requirement sometimes to get everything done.

I personally prefer the high schools with block schedules that are closer to what students may have in college--think they teach students how to spread out their assignments/manage their deadlines a little more than a school with more classes every day where homework is often assigned one day and due the next. Schools with study periods are good so students learn to do work in unscheduled downtime as well.

For my college student and several of their friends, college feels like less stress because there is more flexible downtime in the schedule than in HS. The pace and rigor is higher though so learning how to grit through this a bit in HS is helpful.[/quote]

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