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[quote=Anonymous]Agree with aa:27.  I am a Deal parent (through a JKLM) and posted earlier asking for a definition of rigorous.  I agree that it is sort of in the eye of the beholder. My child (6th grade) is being pushed to be her best at Deal and there are times that she hates it.  FWIW she is the type of kid for whom school work comes pretty easy and we’ve worked hard to try and teach her the importance of practicing and putting work in to excel.  Deal and its teachers help reinforce it.

As an example my child received all As except for a B+ in pre algebra.  She was moved into pre-algebra several weeks after school started and did very poorly on the initial tests and quizzes – this had never happened to her before.   At the start of the advisory she had a D in pre-algebra.  She took it upon herself to get tutored by the teacher afterschool and during lunch and she was able to retake tests when she was unhappy with the grade.  She fought hard for the B+ and it taught her a lesson about hard work, tracking your progress, focus and getting help when you need it.  She didn’t care about the As – only that B+.

In terms of the subject matter they are covering - when look at some of the work, I don’t remember touching a lot of it until high school.  I feel that the IB program adds a lot of rich content.  The other part of this are the teachers because they push students hard – especially the students that can do better.  They will tell your kids to their face that they can do better – one teacher told my child that she’d better “step it up” – which pissed my daughter off, but I was happy about it.  Better coming from the teacher sometimes, than me all of the time.

I’m guessing OP that your cohort of friends and their kids are motivated to excel.   Deal is not giving out As for no effort – it is truly a lot of work and sometimes I lament the fact that our kids are being worked so much before they even get to college. I don’t remember it being like this growing up.

There may be others who have a different experience. But I feel that my DD is getting a solid and rigorous education.    
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