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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 have a child at SJC and one at public.  Honors classes at SJC.  English curriculum and teaching far better than public.  Science mixed.  Math equal.  Language (in our experience at least) abysmal. Fine arts way superior. Grading is much more rigorous at SJC.  May pose some challenges in a test optional world. We initially liked the mixed political environment but it has gotten less tolerant (like everywhere) especially on LGBQT issues. Kids are not lemmings but many are from K-8 Catholics so more sheltered than public kids.  Second that  parent groups are from the fifties — that might be overly generous.[/quote]

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