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[quote=Anonymous]Your primary assumption that anxiety should equal less rigorous classes is just wrong.

There are many high-achievers who are very anxious. You just don't notice it, because they're not telling you. It doesn't stop them from getting As on the most advanced tracks in every single topic.

Of course that kid needs a tutor! He should have had a one-on-one tutor ages ago, with his profile. The mistake was trying the group classes first, and waiting for obvious struggles to consider outside support. This family either doesn't have the money, or doesn't understand how to support that particular profile.

Where I live in Bethesda, nearly every kid has a tutor at some point. It's a function of wealth more than anything else. Families address nascent struggles, or anticipate the track getting harder and seek to solidify understanding before that. This is what we've done as well. And since my kids are taking that time and making that effort, then I will make the financial effort of going directly to an individual tutor. Group classes are just time-wasting extensions of school.

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