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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This topic drives me crazy.  My DD has absolutely earned her grades.  Which are a mix of A’s and A-‘s with lots of honors and 12 AP’s.  The amount of work she and others do at this age is staggering and humbling.  There is no comparison - none - with how things were when I was in high school. I was the kid that got into every Ivy I applied to and took high level classes in high school. I was well prepared for college.  Some of the stuff my DD’s class is talking about in AP physics C, I didn’t actually see until I was in grad school or final year of college.  The standards are higher.  The incorporation of math into high school curricula is higher.  The analysis done for papers in high school is higher.  If I were to look on naviance, my kid is one of the higher performing students in her class so admissions officers with the school report will clearly be able to see where she falls. They are not handing out A’s like candy.  And if in a certain class, 50% of the class is getting an A - we should all be proud because it means mastery of hard stuff.  If everyone in your kid’s class is getting 4’s and 5’s on an AP exam, why wouldn’t those kids all be earning A’s?  Why wouldn’t we celebrate the teacher that is able to bring the class to that standard?  Why wouldn’t we celebrate the kids who are putting in the time and effort?   Why do we spend our time denigrating their accomplishments?[/quote]

Has she already been accepted to her top choice?  [/quote]

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