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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a kid who attended a top DC private high school and now one in public.

The DC private kid spent the entirely of high school learning to write intense literary critiques and analysis and getting a LOT of Bs in the process.  I'd say she/he wrote 100 papers? At the time my husband and I were frustrated by the process as it consumed our family life (we didn't write them but were witness to a lot of late nights with a miserable  kid).  But that kid learned to write and analyze and is now breezing through college writing at a top 20 school.

Our public school kid is getting high As with probably 10% of the writing (both in number of assignments and depth of assignments).

I guess the moral of my story is that learning to write really well takes times and repetition.  You either do this in high school (increasingly rare) or college (or often never at all.)

I'm not sure what the better option is.  Our second kid wanted to attend public and we were completely fine with this in part because the expectations of the first kid's school were over-the-top (in our opinion). 
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It seems we have 2 themes running through this post - writing and math. I believe the OP is more focused on the weakness in math and what to do. But I agree, that writing is a skill that takes time and effort. Some people seem naturally gift in it, but others its not just the mechanics of writing, but the analytical and developing of ideas and critical thinking. That is really the hardest part. In terms of math, if the student really is challenged with the math curriculum it can be a signal that they need to change majors. If they feel its the major for them, and math is getting in the way - I would explore things like the. https://www.aleks.com/?_s=1352787356231917. Math tutoring and group support.  [/quote]

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