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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I will never understand why people want their kids to have to work so hard.[/b] They are still kids!  They have the rest of their life to work their fingers to the bone trying to be successful. It isn't like they need to learn this lesson now or they will fail at life. I promise. [/quote]

First of all, instilling a strong work ethic when young is a lot more successful than trying to instill it after 20 years of not being held to giving best effort and working to meet challenges.

Second of all, it isn't about making them work so hard. It's about them LEARNING and being prepared for hard work later for the rest of their life's success.

I will never understand why so many people want their kids to do absolutely nothing difficult, not experience any bad feelings, never fail even in the smallest things to the smallest degree, never be expected to do anything they find unpleasant or hard, and then expect them to suddenly be fully responsible adults who appreciate ethe value of working or doing the necessary stuff that isn't exciting and fun in order to do what they really want to do.[/quote]

I don't want my kid to do nothing difficult, but he is in school learning new stuff every day. I don't think he needs to study for hours each day in order to learn and be successful. Furthermore, school is not the only place to learn that life can be unpleasant or hard and I certainly don't expect school to be the one to turn my kid into a responsible adult. You can also always have your kid go above and beyond

And also, these questions bother me because as someone else mentioned they are all coming from a place is privileged. I mean you are shocked that your smart kid who has known the value of education their entire life and you have probably been educated from the moment they came out of the womb seems to have an easy time in school and learning come easy to them? Of course, there are plenty of people who don't get straight As in high school. There are plenty of people that graduate HS not being able to read on a HS level. There are plenty of people that drop out of HS. There are kids that are struggling each and every day for school and it is hard for them. I had one of those kids until I spent thousands of dollars fixing it.

So, yes, our kids with all the educational privileges in the world will probably have an easier time. That doesn't mean the school failed them and it doesn't mean they will be unprepared in life.

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I appreciate that school is challenging for many students. I think that’s great for them, they have a leg up in life in my opinion.  My experience however is that it is not challenging for my kids and I think that my experience gels with too many families who are frustrated by the situation.  I know you don’t think it’s failing your kid who is the high achiever, but it is failing my kid.  They aren’t learning the necessary skills and grit to prepare them for life in the way that I believe a school system should.  I want my kid to have to struggle some and to experience failures.  I guess we as parents disagree about that.  And you are winning right now.   But it’s harming my kid. [/quote]

Yeah. We all get it.  People aren't going to agree with you and they don't have to.  I just don't understand why you keep coming back to denigrate APS when you don't even send your kids there. You aren't representing some large, voiceless group of parents.  Most people don't see the world the same way you do.  Be OK with that. If I were in your shoes, I'd just move.  [/quote]

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