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[quote=Anonymous]We are probably the least competitive people I know but my  kids do know who is at the top and who is at the bottom.  I was actually quite surprised when they told me about who needed extra help how and how they felt they ranked.  They do constantly compare themselves to everyone.

You can la-de-da all this "everyone does their best bullshit" until about 2nd or 3rd grade, then developmentally they ARE noticing their peers and comparing themselves.

This straight P strategy is going to backfire big time, the common core playing to the middle mentality is meant to produce tech workers who all do good jobs, not great.

I have friends with older kids, wait till you get to that level, where your kids are coming from a highly competitive college selection pool already and every little grade point counts.

If your kid is used to just "doing their best" and their grades do not reflect that when they excel and put in extra effort, it is just setting them up for failure later.

Bare minimum effort gives a smart kid a P, extra effort gives a smart kid a P.  What is a smart kid going to do...  Bare minimum.

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