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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So absolutely absurd to not push kids to do advanced stuff. Especially since some average people are deciding the standards.

Push your kids to do well in school, on screener tests, and everywhere, becait will make them better at the end. They will learn about themselves the most.

Go for Algebra in 7th, even in 6th if you can.

LA should have better acceleration too.

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Totally agree.  Parents who don’t do this are fools. [/quote]

dp Parents who push their children past their breaking points just to please their parents are fools.  Would you want your teen to die by suicide because the extreme pressure you parents put them under?  That you have to be perfect?  Are you perfect?  Or human?  Wanting your child to do the best they can isn't being foolish.  Love the child you have not the one you want.[/quote]

Mold them into the child you want! [/quote]

What kind of child do you want? I want a happy, adaptable, child who grows into a happy adaptable, adult.  Pretty sure pushing them isn’t going to get them there. Challenging is not the same as pushing, for what it’s worth.

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That sounds like loser talk![/quote]

You got me! Big loser over here.  Making medium bucks, happily married with kids and time for them and a hobby.  Might even buy a brand new mini van next year! Coulda gone big law but for what? A bigger house and bigger bills to pay, with less free time for things outside of my career.  I feel like I’m living the American dream, and my siblings with millions in the bank can’t stop whining about inflation. It’s funny.
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Sounds like you find mediocrity good enough.  Some people are okay without being successful.[/quote]
I was a type A person, really into achievement, worrying about succeeding.  Someone close to me lost their kid when I was in my early 30s.  It made me re-evaluate everything. Eventually,  I said F it and went back to school to be a lowly nurse.  It’s allowed me to have more flexibility and work/life balance.  It sounds very cliche but critical illness and death are the great equalizers.  The people still clinging on to status when the poop hits the fan seem like truly miserable people.  It’s sad. 
This isn’t to say that successful people are all like that; I know people who are successful (your definition) but still down to earth.  Still make time for family vs having titles.   They don’t look down on “mediocre” people.  
Btw, I would add that title/wealth are not necessarily correlated with excellence/being mediocre. 
You have excellent/hard working nurses, teachers, etc and some truly mediocre MDs, execs, lawyers, finance peeps, etc.  You know that, right? [/quote]

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