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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Congrats, OP, for finding your way through the chaos of the high school years. I understood from your post that you were competing not so much against other parents as against the dominant culture for bandwidth. We live in a society that can be inimical to parents, where kids are constantly exposed to messaging that undermines their best efforts. Asserting your own value structure and trying to help your kid along a constructive path can be a lot of work. Appreciate that you were honest about that fact! However, your emphasis on acceptance to a top school as a proxy for a safe and successful future is misplaced. Also, the difficulties you mentioned navigating were not minor speed bumps, but major red flags. The essence of the critical posts is that people are worried.[/quote]

I have no idea what culture you are talking about it. Can you point out where this exists? In the DMV? Or any other major city/suburb?[/quote]

This book describes the culture of what was considered a "good" school in the DMV.

https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/talking-about-suicide-saves-kids-lives/

While an extreme example, the dynamics described are playing out at many schools across the country. It's a reflection of what a rat-race the process of education has become for many kids. Parents need to be aware because it's insidious.[/quote]

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