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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I heard from my kid is that Langley is full of mean and pretentious kids.[/quote]

Maybe a little status driven - you really can't avoid it since the kids come from families that are among the most successful. Their parents are competitive, so they have competitive kids.

No doubt some elements in this environment is not healthy, but on the whole, it's a great school with great academic achievements. [b]If a kid cannot stand the pressures of a high school like Langley, then he/she is going to have bigger problems in college and life in general[/b].

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No, if a student cannot handle a high-pressure high school (one of the highest pressure high schools in the area), then the student can go to college and have a successful life.  Surviving and thriving in a high-pressure high school is not the sole metric of life.[/quote]

No one said it was the sole metric of life, I'm just saying it's not that big of a deal and parents shouldn't be worried about it. No doubt TJ is very high pressure, but most of the kids there are surviving just fine. I may not care for the nature of competitiveness that goes on at TJ but I wouldn't go so far as to disparage it as if it is on the whole intrinsically bad for kids and is therefore to be avoided. Same with Langley. Same with McLean. Same with any of the desirable private schools in this area. Parents should of course exercise their own judgement and put their kids into a school that they feel gives their kids the best results. But to brush off an exceptionally well performing school like Langley as having a "mean and pretentious" atmosphere is irresponsible. [/quote]

This sounds a lot like backtracking.  Your words: if a kid cannot stand the pressures of a high school like Langley, he/she is going to have bigger problems in college and life.  That's completely untrue.

Langley in no way resembles the real world.[/quote]

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