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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your child sounds smart and hard working. That’s what thy are looking for. [/quote]

That would be an accurate characterization. Bright, positive, hardworking. I hope AAP would be what DC needs and doesn't cause insecurity. Until now I think DC has been something of a big fish in a little pond. If AAP is too fast paced or the dynamic is not good I guess DC could always go back to gen ed (assuming they got into AAP in the first place). [/quote]

It probably depends on the school, but I will say our center has a lot of very high-stress 3rd graders, but also clearly a lot of high-pressure parents.  The teacher (who is amazing) does a good job diffusing the stress and tears.  If you support your kid and help them avoid the pressure -cooker nonsense they'll be fine. [/quote]

Thanks! Our values definitely don't align with pressure-cooker. Have always just wanted to give DC opportunities to learn and to value learning. We  celebrate when they achieve things but we are not preoccupied with it. They don't need to be the best or the smartest, or to get into TJ, an Ivy, etc. etc. I would hate if they started being super preoccupied with whose smartest, etc., but I believe our base school, which is a center school, is well-rounded and this sort of mindset would be diffused even if there are some of those parents/kids.[/quote]

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