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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son was admitted to STA from a K-8. He's very bright with major strengths in language arts, but generally an underperformer, mainly due to lack of effort. This seems to be because of a lack of maturity, which seems to be getting better recently. When he puts effort into things, he does well.

We're not particularly excited with the other schools he got into, so we would like him to attend STA--we're just feeling concerned about his work habits. Anyone have experience with this situation, and your DC ended up doing very well?[/quote]

Congrats on your son's admission.

STA would not have taken him if they did not think they could get him to thrive and approach his potential.

[b]If he gets Ms D for 9th Grade English she will whip him into shape....[/b]

The HS boys are also all doubling down and its cool to work your A++ off and be smart at STA- that is basically the culture. In my opinion that gets the best out of most young men[/quote]

New poster here. 
And he will get a C and it will be on his transcript for college.  I was at the NCS auction last night and a number of us have 9th grade boys and they're all getting Cs in this class.  
You are making it sound so optimistic and wonderful but I'm in the middle of a year from hell with a 9th grader. 
Look, I love STA.  I think most of us mostly do.  But it's just  hell when you're trying to motivate an unmotivated boy to do the work. 
These kids don't get better between 6th and 9th.  They almost uniformly get less motivated, often drastically so when hormones kick in. 
I don't understand the poster who keeps posting such falsely optimistic crap.  I'm a realist---and one who is going through this experience right now.  IT'S MISERABLE TO BE PRODDING ALONG AN UNMOTIVATED BOY 
AT A DEMANDING SCHOOL.  It sucks--for the kid, for the parent and I'm sure for the teachers.  
There is more to high school than a certain diploma.  Fit is so freaking important.

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A number of you are putting your boys through hell?  But you love it?  Pls explain how both can be true and healthy - rather than miserable - for a boy. [/quote]

I don't understand the confusion?  A school can be great--great teachers, lovely administration, etc. and not be the right fit for a particular kid.  
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Is the school such a bad fit for a number of boys that is a miserable hell?  How is this good for them? Why don’t parents change schools? Is it the prestige thing that’s been recurring here of late?[/quote]

I know a number of kids who applied from NCS and STA 9th grades this year but there was no movement for 10th. Burke, Landon, GDS, Bullis etc are all overenrolled for rising 10th and didn't take any students.  the current 9th grade is gridlocked due to high yield from last year's Covid admissions.  Kids are trying to ditch the prestige schools and they can't get out.  It's a very weird year.  Then the publics are a mess--Wilson for one is a disaster.  [/quote]

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