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It shouldn't matter to anyone whether a kid is "prepped" or not. 
[quote] We can't go through our whole lives with a tutor or outside help for everything we do. The point is that it doesn't matter how much extra help someone gets, in the long run we all have to stand on our own two feet. Some kids need some help to keep up, but the goal of the help ordinarily is for the child to get to the point of not needing help. It's not worth it to worry about other parents trying to get their kids ahead, in the end the goal is for the child to learn how to learn for him or herself.

In sports, a kid could get all kinds of outside coaching, but if they don't have the talent, it won't make any difference. Same with school. A child has learn to do the work for him or herself, that is what will lead to success in the long run. Parents have to do what's right for their own kids and have confidence in their own choices. I've seen a lot of kids grow up and I've seen which kids become successful, accomplished, responsible adults.

Do what's right for your own child and don't worry about others. It all shakes out in the end.[/quote]

Heck, no one complains about the big league and big time prepping, coaching, and year-round and round tutoring of our children in tennis, lacrosse, swimming, violin, piano and gymnastics as they compete of junior Olympics, varsity sports and Carnegie hall.  No one has accused  these dotted upon children of being marginal, unworthy, cheaters that would not have made the grade, or reaped the rewards of sweat and tears, if not for decades of prep.  But, the same posters who prep their "marginal" kids in sports and music claim kids that prep in academics and tests are "marginal" and undeserving of reaping any rewards.[/quote]

Right, because as the poster you are responding to says, all that coaching for a kid who has no talent will have no real affect. No amount of coaching will turn a kid with no talent into an Olympic or professional athlete. Same thing with extra tutoring and outside classes: in the long run, it has no effect unless the child has what it takes inside him or herself. Among kids I have watched grow up, the ones who are in PhD programs today are the ones who spent their after school hours in athletics or doing theatre or arts activities. No tutoring or outside academic classes.

Cheating is a completely different issue. In the sports world, cheating is highly frowned upon and allegations of cheating can result in a loss of reputation which is difficult to ever get back. Academic cheating is also highly frowned upon. Once a kid is in college, allegations of cheating are dealt with in a very strict manner, with consequences ranging from failing a test to actual expulsion. If you read College Confidential, there was a kid on there a week or so again who was quite upset at the consequences he or she was facing for having cheated.
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