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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s not normal that in this country that being a student has evolved to be this hard to get good grades. It’s ludicrous. Everyone is so stressed. Kids can’t be kids anymore because of all the stupid pressure to perform and too much information overdrive being hurled at them every second. Not to mention the nasty culture they have to now navigate for fear of triggering people or getting canceled. We live in a very sick country.[/quote]

[b]The only kids who are overly stressed are the ones whose parents put their average child in an environment meant for above average students.[/b]  They get to high school by having tutors and small classes only to realize how tough it’s going to be in a class full of naturally bright top student.

Students placed in the correct classes don’t feel this pressure whether it’s the students appropriately in all AP classes or the students in the appropriate basic classes.  [/quote]
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Well, that’s complete and total BS. I have a child whose IQ is 150+, and they are highly stressed not because the work is hard but because there’s so much drudge and rote work that it squeezes out time for other things they love.

They also have teachers who are mean-spirited tyrants who grade on things that have nothing to do with the quality of work, like the one who takes points off for not indenting or spacing precisely the way she wants. Two spaces after each period, thank you very much. Miss one space or have an excessive space anywhere in your paper and you get 5 points taken off your grade for every instance. Get your spacing wrong 3 times in a paper and your A+ paper based on writing is now a B based on spacing. [/quote]

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