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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We aren't playing the game. He will end up going to a non-competitive school. I could have him tutored multiple times each week so he can compete with the other students for entry into top schools but I'm not going to do that. Many of his classmates have multiple tutors multiple times per week. No thanks. It's just not worth it IMO. If parents didn't care so much about name-brand prestige, this wouldn't be a problem. I think the reason so many teens don't have jobs is that they are too busy building their resumes. Why work at a job when they can attend internships? Why work at a job when they can go to summer college programs? They need to train for their sports! They'd probably get more out of a regular job than anything else they did in the summer.[/quote]

As a public school kid who got into an Ivy a long, long time ago, I would echo this sentiment.  I worked several jobs as a waiter for gas/girlfriend money and learned a lot from it, including much of the time management and hard work skills that may come from the insane homework schedules nowadays.

Plus, my teenage years were MINE.  I can look back on them for better or worse (don't really care, in fact) but my life wasn't dictated to me.  That was a super positive influence on me long-term.

I don't see that happening with many kids today from my perspective as a teacher/tutor.[/quote]

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