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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not to be a downer but my kid did not like SJC at ALL. Said students were like lemmings- no room for individuality. I found the parent groups to be straight out of the 1950s. And the academics were very underwhelming.l - truly old school style pedagogy. Maybe things have changed a lot in the past 4 years but our experience wasn’t good.[/quote]

I debated responding to this post because I’ve experienced first hand now two students can have very different experiences at the same school and a lot depends on their personality, the teachers, if they connect with the kids in their class etc. So your kid not having a good experience isn’t debatable.  However, knowing both kids where it’s been a positive experience as well as kids that have transferred it would be helpful to understand more of the context behind the unhappiness so parents using the post to help inform their decisions can assess if they might likely face the same situation.

- What specifically was your child looking for in terms of acceptance and individuality that they didn’t find anyone likeminded at SJC and were they able to find that at a different private school?
- How involved were you with the parent group - attended meetings, volunteered etc, and in what way did you feel that it was straight out of the 1950’s?
- With the academics, was your child taking honors classes, were they behind or not prepared for college (if they graduated from SJC) or another high school if they transferred?
- what were they looking in terms of teaching style and what private high school do you believe best matches that style?[/quote]

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