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[quote=Anonymous]The thing is, though, a 10 y.o. or even a 15 y.o. is still very much a work-in-progress. As a parent of teens and college-age kids, including 2 Sidwell grads and 2 current students), I've seen kids get counseled out, and it was painful. I'm sure the school tries to do it in a sensitive way, but there's really no kind way to say "your kid isn't cutting it." And, honestly, there were kids who weren't counseled out at middle school who struggled in high school. Unlike Lake Woebegone, all the children are not above average. So, if the school retains kids who don't go on to succeed academically, what makes them so sure that in the counseling-out process they've correctly identified those who won't succeed? And, yes, I know Sidwell is not the only school that does this, but it is dismaying nonetheless. [/quote]
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