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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Instead of speculating that the OP is lying which will drive them away forever if they are not lying, and have no effect or benefit if they are....

...or speculating that the kid is smart but lazy and has bad social media...

...or posting some other unfounded, baseless and useless concept...

...can we assume good intent and stay on topic?

Why is that so frickin' hard?[/quote]

This is why it's hard. There are some really smart parents in this area. We do our research. We all aim for the best results for our DCs. And many parents on this site (from what I have seen) are forthcoming with enough details. They give details and some even know that they may not have the best situation, but they are at least humble about it (at least some of them are).

Here we have a parent that wants empathy and appears to be seeking help or another way of reaching a desired goal. But the parent isn't giving enough information for other parents to really offer help. So no one really knows what the situation is. We don't know if it's the school, the types of classes taken, the ECs, the guidance counselor -- we have no idea. We just have a parent wanting our sympathy and advice without much info.

my two cents, and I apologize if this seems harsh. But there are some really smart parents and kids in this area, and it could be bad luck, but hard to really say.[/quote]

Summary: there are some really smart parents here (modest ones too!) so we get to be assholes because we're the cool kids.

OK, gotcha.[/quote]

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