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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teachers don't form close relationships with students who are not proactive about reaching out and who don't participate in class. I have twins who generally have the same teachers, my more talkative twin has stronger teacher relationships and may get better college recs as a result. To ensure strong relationships for quiet kids, I think you really need to pay $$$ for private school. I tried to convince my quiet twin to consider private but he was not interested. [b]I view learning to navigate a large high school as good training for college and life in general.[/b] [/quote]

This is very true.  A kid who can hack it at a big public is going to have a lot of good life skills.[/quote]

Thats great. But what is best path for kid who is going to be quiet, lost in shuffle, and kind of drift through high school.

Its not like the big public will help prepare them for college in that scenario.

I think they would be better served with a school that encourages them to meet out to teachers, to have that interaction often, so one on one or such so that it seems less daunting.

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The best path is to push that kid to get out of their comfort zone and be more proactive. It is possible that a small environment will help build those skills but it is also possible that a kid will get used to a small, comfy environment and then struggle to adapt to college and working life. [/quote]

These are high schoolers. There is no pushing them to do something at school, parents are pretty out of the picture. Its between teacher and student. I wish the teachers had the bandwidth to reach out to the quiet students. 
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