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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone in DCUM is an exception to the rule and that their kid is an academic star !!![/quote]

I posted above that I have 1 academic superstar and another who isn’t. He is a smart kid but a total slacker. He would not keep up with the academic superstars.

Our public school is massive and competitive for everything whether it is to get on a sports team or academic competitions. This kid tried science Olympiad and it was obvious he was not interested. He also did not get an A in math. He is probably the only Asian kid who didn’t get an A in math.[/quote]

Basically the first kid is an academic superstar and the second is a smart kid.  In other words, everyone in DCUM has smart kids.  That proves my point.[/quote]

Pp here. We live in an affluent and highly competitive area, the exact type of school pyramid OP is referring to. Both boys were flagged gifted and in the gifted program in public. Dh and I are both ivy educated and we have a seven figure HHI. DH is one of those guys who is just really good at everything and our oldest is like him. They both excel and make it look easy. My younger kid is very bright but just puts no effort in school. He is just as smart, if not naturally smarter than his older brother. We know that being bright is not enough and thought he would just get lost in a big public school so we switched him to private.

Our neighborhood is full of rich and successful people. Everyone seems on top of their industries. You can’t live here if you are random lawyer, not even a biglaw associate. They are the biglaw partners and those guys all send their kids to private. There are tech executives, politicians, lobbyists, surgeons and some professional athletes. We have some neighbors who are foreign diplomats or just rich and bought a home in the US. There are more modest neighborhoods that feed into our highly regarded public school and those are the MC/UMC kids who grind. I don’t necessarily think their parents were the super successful ones so they may put lots of pressure on their kids. [/quote]

We live in one of those MC neighborhoods feeding in to a highly affluent and competitive school and think it's funny how you define success. I chose a lower paying career on purpose and many of my neighbors did as well. We are all Ivy educated and many have Ph.Ds and could be making top dollar but they want more than money. A doctor neighbor was making a lot of money as a doctor but moved to public health and probably makes a fraction of that. Lots of non-profit heads in our neighborhood and many came from private industry where they weren't necessarily happy. [/quote]

A few posters were saying that we all think our kids are smart. I simply was stating that our neighborhood was full of successful and high achieving parents. My kids are friends with kids from different backgrounds. Plenty of professors, doctors, world bank, state dept, NIH type people.

You may have missed the part where I said we don’t care what others do.

My kids are happy well adjusted kids who come from a loving family. I’m sure your kids are fine as well not suffering from mental breakdowns due to pressure from a high achieving school. OP and others seem to want to put down these sought after neighborhoods.[/quote]

No you wrote that those terrible MC people from not your neighborhood are "strivers."[/quote]

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