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[quote=Anonymous]Middle school sucks no matter where you go, I think. My perspective as a parent of a low-key, quiet and smart kid who wasn’t a superstar athlete or theater kid, etc: big public middle school comes with occasional extremes.  Kid saw fights, extreme misconduct, mouthing off, clique-y meanness, behavioral chaos.  It taught kid how to sidestep the mess, the same way I’ll exit the metro car at the first sign of someone acting loud or weird. An important life skill.  It also developed kid’s empathy by showing kid how lucky they are to have a stable home with a loving family and enough to eat. Moreover, middle school taught kid how to organize themselves academically, how to turn assignments in on time, how to write better essays, how to speak in front of the class. I’m sure private school does that, too.  But going to a big public middle school prepares the kid for the next stage of their lives without filtering out the kids whose families can’t afford private school.  It’s the real world.  I didn’t shelter my kid from it and it didn’t harm DC. It made DC more resilient.  However if your kid needs a smaller or private-school environment to succeed academically, that’s a different story.  [/quote]

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