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[quote=Anonymous]OP, this sad transformation you write about happened to our kid. She went from a kid who loved learning to a grade-obsessed anxiety-ridden kid who judges themselves in all the ways that AOs at elite universities judge kids. DH and I fought against the tide for years, but the peer pressure at her top independent school was too great. She will end up with all As and will be admitted to great universities I am sure (she is a senior now), but at what cost? And you know what, she doesn't even want to go to a top university anymore. She wants to take a gap year and work on a farm or something like that....What a mess our system is and how destructive to our children. [/quote]
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