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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Academically the CES was a great fit, socially it was awful. The kids were so competitive, sometimes mean, it really set DD back in terms of socioemotional health and happiness. She lost her old social connections due to the busy schedule and entered middle school a loner (which she was not in 3rd). DH and I are not sorry we tried it, but in hindsight we wish we had pulled her after it was clear it was a poor fit in that respect. She’s  a brilliant self motivated kid who enjoyed the curriculum, but would have been just fine without it. You know your child. My recommendation is to try it to see, easy enough to return to the home school if it’s not a great fit. A few kids did so each year.[/quote]

My child had the opposite experience. We thought it would be very competitive, but it was instead supportive. Each kid seemed to know that they all had their strengths and weaknesses. They were all smart, but in different ways. The kids in her class worked well together on projects. Maybe, she was lucky and had a great class. [/quote]

My child had a similar experience. For what it is worth, my child was at Oak View, and the teachers seemed to work hard to minimize competition between the CES kids. I have one of those kids who puts a lot of pressure on themselves, rather than really being interested in competition with other kids, and the Oak View teachers also helped to manage those tendencies, for which I was very appreciative.

I will echo another poster, though, and say that this is not the Center for the Universally Well-Behaved and Compliant. There is a mix of high achieving people-pleasers, gifted but unorganized scatterbrains, lovable weirdos trying out personas, and bright but defiant troublemakers who will probably go on to found the next Tesla. [/quote]

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