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[quote=Anonymous]My kid is top 1% IQ and has always made straight As.  She went to TJ and amonst the student body it was a sense of pride and bragging rights to study all night and complain about it.  We fought over this unhealthy dynamic.  The straw that made me pull her from the school was the conversation about how talk of suicide is normalized amonst her peers.  "I'm going to kill myself if l get a 90" type stuff.  It stems from the hyper-competitive parents who don't understand what really makes a kid successful IRL.  The parents love to brag about the kids grades and the fact that they are TJ students, which adds to this unhealthy dynamic.  I'd never seen anything like it.  DD is back at her private thriving with healthy and socially normal peers.  Every time I look back at that TJ all I see is sickness in our society.  We are not even considering it for my younger child.  Private might be academically not as rigorous, but it prepares the kids to be successful, knowing it takes more than academics and education for success.

So to answer your question,  yes, studyingall night is normal.  It's not necessary, but the kids do it and brag about it.[/quote]

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