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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]GDS parent who does not consider it a "pressure cooker." But, as a school full of very creative, ambitious, smart students, they demand lots from themselves. Students who thrive in that environment -- exactly like the elite colleges and graduate schools they're headed toward -- do wonderfully.

My DC appreciates that the teachers are super supportive and accessible and really engaged with the students. But, she also is very grateful that most of her classmates take the work seriously and are interested in the ideas they are learning about. Yes, there are smarmy Tracy Flick/Eddie Haskell  types (can't escape them in DC) and a few well-heeled slackers, but they are a minority.  But, it is not full of the ne'er do wells who take education as one giant form to fill out with items to memorize and check off without any original critical or creative thought. [/quote]

+1  Very good description.[/quote]

Parents who are already anticipating the elite graduate schools their HS students will be attending are probably not the best judges of what constitutes a pressure cooker environment.[/quote]

+1-- What a gasbag.   [/quote]

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