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[quote=Anonymous]Our society is so overboard with the idea of "perfection" and "excellence." It is not only happening at school, but in sports and other activities (see the WaPo article today about club sports).

As a parent of an NCS student, we are having a good experience (not yet US) and hope the culture becomes more balanced as we move up (I'm interested to learn about the new advanced studies and schedule soon).

NCS administrators, teachers, and parents need to realize that in order to have strong student/ young adult outcomes (not just where they end up in college) they need to focus on student burnout, early onset anxiety and unnecessary pressure. A recent NCS student survey apparently showed that students put pressure on themselves the most but it stems from somewhere -- parents' and teachers' expectations. That doesn't mean we should expect less of our girls, but collective we need to change our thoughts around perfection and return to the "joy of learning" at all levels.  [/quote]

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