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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]what do you mean by missing out on the high school experience? Would a student have enough time for an extracurricular activity (sports, theater, orchestra, whatever) if they are in the program?[/quote]

Yes, I was wondering what this means too.  I'm not too worried about my kid missing out on the "social scene" of high school, if that means parties and hanging out.  I do, however, want my kid to have friends, and to be able to do things like sports or other fun interests.  I am also concerned about stress, lack of sleep, and health issues.  How did the PPs who graduated from the program feel about the stress, lack of sleep, etc?  Were you "hating life" in high school because of the pressure of the program?[/quote]

8:29 here---what I mean by missing out on the HS experience is that I never had time just to go hang out with my friends.  Everything in my life was scheduled.  If something was late, it caused a cascading effect.  If practice ran over, I had to leave.  Sorry--the practice said 4-6pm and I have to meet a friend for a project starting at 6:30.  There just wasn't any downtime.  If something came up for a Sat, chances are I couldn't go because I would have already had commitments.  Planning your work load is critical and knowing that you need to start something 3-4 weeks in advance because you have another paper, 3 tests, a project, plus homework means that just hanging out with your friends isn't really an option.  Going to a Friday night football game was a treat and and factored into the scheduling calendar.  That was 3 hours that I wasn't being "productive".  Same for going to the school play.

By the end of my senior year, I hated HS.  The demands were overwhelming.  When I got to college, academically I just shut down.  I couldn't do it any more.  I just didn't have it in me.  I got used to the lack of sleep.  And on the nights when I would crash, it was hard.  I would sleep for hours and then panic because I would have screwed up my schedule and now I was behind and running late which then led me to stay up late that night to get back on track.  Which negates the sleeping.

Stress wise--I didn't feel stress as we know it today.  There was a lot of pressure to keep up with your classmates and the workload.  I started in 10th grade and I just didn't know any different.  I guess I just believed that that's what HS was like for everyone.[/quote]

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