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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a teacher, I can tell you that families’ perceptions of typical grades and levels of struggle are often inaccurate. I have sat in numerous conferences where I’ve heard “everyone” has a tutor and a good portion of the class is “failing,” and it’s just not the case. Perceptions are colored by mindset and by one’s social group. Also, a lot of the kids who spend hours studying at home aren’t using their daytime study halls well and may not have efficient work habits in place.

That said, the Big 3 are very challenging places to go to school. Not every student, even hard-working, intelligent kids, will do well there. The type of teen who thrives in those schools is into the academic content, high energy, self assured, and self motivated. I did not have all of those attributes when I attended NCS, and I floundered a bit.

If the school isn’t a good fit, it isn’t a good fit. There is no shame in transferring. For students who have a hard time keeping up, the advantages you believe that the school confers may be overridden by the intense stress. Complain all you want, but these schools have operated with this culture for decades. The only real choices they will offer you are to try to keep up or enroll somewhere else.[/quote]

Transferring high schools is a huge academic and social disruption for a student who isn’t struggling. With rare exception, these schools should be able to educate the students who they accept without damaging their mental health: Your whole tone is precisely why so many students are deeply unhappy. [/quote]

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