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[quote=Anonymous]So rereading through all of this...

I hear the point people are making that the schools don't have to serve anyone they don't want to.  Yep, that's definitely true.  And I can see how a PG kid (150+) might not be able to be served in a private school that isn't totally onboard with working with them.

I feel differently about those 98-99% kids.  First, there are so many of them.  Each grade must have 3-5 of them!  Its not like they come around every 5-10 years like the PGs.

Second, these are the kids that the same schools tout when they are older.  They show off the kids' college acceptances, National Merit Awards, etc - and use that as a selling point to other parents in admissions tours.  They seem to be exactly the kind of kid the schools want, and they fete their accomplishments when they are older, but they just leave them to languish in those first 5 years.  That's kinda a bummer.

And finally, I think I am frustrated because it would take so little to address their needs.  The schools don't need to poach resources from needy kids; they just need to structure things a little differently.  It would mean acknowledging that not all kids are the same smart at everything.  But the schools already know this (they collect all sorts of data on this and keep tabs, whatever they tell parents).  So why the farce?[/quote]

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