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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do parents know all this information? Seems like broad generalizations with little to no way to verify accuracy. [/quote]

I know because I talk to my children. At my child’s Big 3, grade comparison is rampant (for better or worse). Kids discuss their grades with each other. In turn, children who talk to their parents identify top students (as part of a typical conversation when discussing one’s day and/or how one did on a quiz/test/paper). [/quote]

Kids never lie?[/quote]

Don't be so literal. Over time kids know who the top kids in their grade are. They're the ones who take the top classes, get the best grades day-in and day-out, answer all questions correctly in class, etc. Our school has cum laude society where they honor the top20% in 12th grade and my kid could have named 90% of of them correctly prior to the ceremony.  Kids aren't dumb.  They don't spend hours thinking or talking about how others are doing but in a general sense they know who the "top" kids are just by going to school. It's not a perfect accounting but it's not some giant conspiracy theory. [/quote]

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