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[quote=Anonymous]Social Media and Parental Pressure to Excel at ridiculous levels

When I was a kid, if a kid was being bullied, it ended when you got off the school bus.  It was not 24/7.  Now it's 24/7 and EVERYONE at the MS/HS knows about it because of Social Media.

Just look at this group as well.  "my kid got a 1550, should I put them thru another 20+ hours of SAT test prep to get them to 1600?"  Smart kids are made to feel like they are not successful if they don't get into a T20 school---they spend all of HS striving for this, rather than enjoying learning and picking courses and ECs that interest them.  Life is curated for them since MS/HS---they don't get to pick which courses to take as Advanced.  Parents make them take 5-6 APs in one year---and unless they are a true genius, that means 5-6 hours of Homework daily for that, plus whatever ECs/Test prep/etc they are forced to do. 
  So even if they get into a good school, they may eventually break under this pressure as it is NOT healthy.

It doesn't have to be this way.

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