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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My student was told to only take Honors in classes she really liked/was passionate about, and to not take all Honors Freshman Year. This was from the McLean Counselors coming to visit LMS to help choose classes. [/quote]

This. My kids got the same advice from counselors. Also, Longfellow made everything "honors" to soothe parents with egos, but I'm going to assume your child had what were actually honors classes. That said, McLean honors is a big step up. I agree with sticking to what your child truly loves for honors, but know there is a safety net and plenty of students switch down to regular. One of my kids was in a regular chemistry class a few years ago and it started as a trickle of kids switching down from honors, but by winter break, the class was jam packed because so many students switched down. Also, FYI behavior issues were worse when the honors students joined, but it may be because friends were together.

I agree with the person who said to ignore the snobs. There are some excellent regular classes. I will say maybe freshman year there might be more behavior problems in general in regular and even honors, though not as much, BUT one of my kids started freshman year after the pandemic so students were FERAL. For my other kid I would say there weren't as many behavior issues in either class freshman year or maybe I just didn't hear about it. Also, they had changed the phone policy by then and both my kids noticed classes were calmer and friendlier once phones were banned. AP also had behavior issues sometimes too though I will say it was less likely.[/quote]

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