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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. She is highly academic, competitive athlete, string instrument, and avid book reader. Very nice and polite. Blends in very well in most settings. Likes friends that are smart (girls and boys) but helps teacher with students that need more help. Can be a little shy and not competitive with school work. At times she would share her grade on an assignment with me and I would ask what other kids received and she always says she does not know. I was a little concerned b/c I was more competitve growing up but I had to accept that as part of her personality. It has not hurt her b/c she has never received less than an A. Part of me wants her to go to Holton b/c I heard it was less competitve (although still highly academic) than NCS and may fit better with her personality. The other part of me wants her to pick it up with her competitive edge and believe NCS could teach her that.

We have an open mind on this and know she will be served well no matter the school chosen. [/quote]

Please do not teach your DD to be more competitive.  The greatest gift you can give your DD is to love learning for its own 0sake, not to be better than anyone else.  I can't fathom why you would ask what grade other students received when your DD did perfectly fine.

I am a former NCS parent here whose DD transferred out, in part, because of the atmosphere created by parents like you who saw education as some kind of competition.  The stress this created for their DD's was evident in so many unhealthy ways.  And it made the educational environment just so transactional.

Your DD sounds like a great kid who has rejected what could have become a poisonous attitude toward school.  I suspect she'll be fine anywhere.[/quote]

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