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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whatever. Just keep pushing your kids. Make sure they are a full year ahead at math. It doesn’t matter. Our kids will end up making the same salary in 20, 30, 40 years from now.
Push push push. It’s all the same.
Your kid is a year ahead? They have a 4.6 gpa?
Cool beans 
See that kid over there? He’s got a 3.8. 
Those kids will have remarkably similar outcomes. 
None of this matters.

It’s totally fine that some kids crave a challenge. Let then have it. Hopefully they will also be well rounded. Do what you can.
Just don’t expect exponentially different outcomes. [/quote]

Why are you so fixated on math?  You seem to have some bizarre strawman that there are a lot of kids cramming for hours every day on math to get ahead one grade level because they need to be the best.  That simply isn't happening.  I know a lot of math superstars and a lot of kids who are taking Algebra I in 6th.  They are all doing extracurricular math, but only 2-3 hours per week.  It's hardly mentally torturous, and they all have plenty of time for other activities.  The overwhelming majority of those kids are doing extra math because they love math and find the regular school math lacking.   It seems like you're creating some bizarre fantasy about people cramming to ridiculous extents in math to justify why your kid isn't the best.  You can't accept that your kid isn't as bright as you think he is, and instead have to assume that all of the kids who are better are attending cram school.

Also, do you think parents aren't pushing their kids absurdly hard in travel soccer, elite gymnastics, or violin?  Do you think the kids are somehow immune to the stress and pressure of their parents expectations when it's non-academic?  Do you see kids as "well rounded" when they single-mindedly focus on one activity that is not academics?  My parenting philosophy is similar to yours, in that we aim for being jacks of all trades, master of none.  I don't think there's anything intrinsically wrong with the parents and kids who pursue excellence in one area rather than  well-roundedness, though.  Their kids will be better than mine in that area of focus, and good for them!  I still don't see why I should care or grumble about the way other people are parenting.  
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I think parents pushing their kids in soccer have zero impact on classroom culture and curriculum. Same with violin etc.  And I’m not fixated on math or science for that matter. I’m responding in the few minutes I have between actually parenting my kid. [/quote]

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