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[quote=Anonymous]If your child is still young (i.e. you're at the point where you're trying to choose for K, looking at K-12s), figure that by the time your kid is ready to apply to college, the admissions rubric will have changed completely from what it is now.

Prepare your kid for [i]life[/i] in all of its unpredictably. That's never wasted. Teach them to be a good human being. Ensure they have solid critical thinking skills, are a good communicator, are literate and numerate, have a decent handle on technology, have reasonable practical skills (life skills, tool use, cooking, outdoor survival, first aid, etc.), creative, adaptable, in good physical shape, and are otherwise well-rounded. Those things never go out of style, whether we end up in a post-Singularity techno-utopia, are facing the zombie utopia, or are scrabbling to survive in the face of climate change.

I'm hoping that my offspring will be able to go to a great college and settle into a comfortable well-compensated life pursuing their passion. But I'm also preparing them to adapt for whatever throws at them.[/quote]

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