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[quote=Anonymous]NP here.  Child at Big3.  It’s so hard to see my child struggle with these grades but I am so grateful they are getting to experience this while I can guide them.  I see enormous value in kids learning to deal with hiccups/stress/“failure” (no, not actual Fs but, you know, imperfection) during these formative years.  How do you handle it?  Not in the sense of, does it break you, which of course is too much and not right for some kids, but in the sense of — how can I as a growing person navigate a complex and stressful environment and learn to tolerate somethings not being exactly what I expect/want?  I have to balance mental stress in class with healthy exercise and healthy diet and learning when/how to take breaks and what I like/don’t like when I have limited free time, and which topics get me really excited and which I absolutely hate with a passion.

These kids who get straight As in life, many of whom  are in public schools and have never really worked hard at anything, are not better off.  Ok, so they can all go to Harvard, but I don’t care a wit about that.  Wake up call: there’s lots of really unhappy adults who graduated from HYP.  I want a resilient adult who can life their life to the fullest and knows what drives them and makes them happy.  I see the Big3 education as a step on my child’s path in life and not as a ticket to a particular college.  It’s hard not to get wrapped up in it all and the rat race but some perspective is why I am sending them there and I think we a parents need to do a better job on that front. [/quote]

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