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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op- mine had similar grades and also worked crazy hard. [b]I’m not sure it’s worth it though for their mental health[/b]. But I was pretty proud of them.

My DC has a good friend who will probably be the one that gets a 4.0 all 4 years. DC told me at the end of the year after listening to others sharing grades that they actually seem to be doing well. DC had just been comparing their grades to the 4.0 friend all year.

After meeting 4.0 friend, wow, those kids are truly just brilliant, they are born and nurtured that way all their life. Pretty incredible. [/quote]

This should be a bigger concern when a parent posts about report cards the day they come out to find out about other students’ grades. 
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Disagree.  Different poster here and my kid got his grades too.  I like to mentally process them (including trying to get perspective on how my kid is doing relative to a typical student) and then move on to summer mode ASAP.  Just because I do this on day 1 doesn't mean I'm nuts or mentioning anything to my kid.

Also, it's not like public school where a 4.0 is attainable and even typical.  At these private schools kids get a mix of As, Bs, etc. If you've come from public they are probably the first Bs your kid has ever received.  Most parents are curious if their kid's imperfect grades are "ok" or how they fall in the class. [/quote]

Thank you! That’s why I asked that only Sidwell parents weigh in. However, as some of these posts indicate, that won’t stop public school parents (and others) from offering their unsolicited opinions.

My daughter works very hard and she’s doing well at Sidwell. She knows it, and my husband and I know it and we tell her so. I just wanted to get a sense of what percentage of the class, generally speaking, earns >3.9 and/or 4.0. As I suspected, it’s fairly rare (especially a 4.0). [/quote]

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