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[quote=Anonymous]Back to the original question.
I went from DCPS to a big three in seventh grade.
Socially, it was tough. I missed my friends.
Academically, I was very ahead in writing and history (because I was bored at my public school and sat at my desk reading history books I brought from home after speeding through the classwork), marginally behind in math, and woefully behind in science. I did poorly in math and science first quarter, but after my older sister, who went to the same school, taught me how to study, I started getting A's in math and science. At first, I was just trying to memorize the material, but my sister taught me that I needed to understand it and be able to answer questions from all different angles.
My older sibs also went from public to private and did very well. They too had an adjustment period of about a semester or so.
When we were in public, my parents did give us lots of books, science lab equipment like microscopes and chem sets, magazines, etc. For ex, in the summer I had to read at least one academic-oriented book a week, such as a biography, historical novel, etc. If I wrote a report on the book and got a parent graded A, I got five dollars. If not, I could rewrite it with their comments and if they approved, I got two dollars. Etc etc. [/quote]

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