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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]this is OP; part of it for me is, I don't actually want my kid to get some finance or biglaw job. The rat race is not for me and I'm not going to start my kid on the treadmill at 12 so that they can "have opportunities" like a finance job at 22, a biglaw partnership by 32, or academic tenure by 42. I don't see any of those meritocratic choices as lifestyle-friendly, so feel no need to enable them.

I get that some here want that for their kids, so try not to judge too harshly.[/quote]

It’s not about that. It’s about challenging them, learning, and preparing them for high school and college.

I’m not in the rat race, chose not to although had opportunities.  But getting a full academic scholarship in college with no debt absolutely gave me a leg up in life.  Also being prepared for college made college easy and paved the way for med school.

None of the above would have happen if I wasn’t tracked and challenged in middle school and beyond.

I’m not saying to kill your kid but if school is too easy, then you need to look at more challenging curriculums.  Things build upon each other starting in middle school and it becomes an additive effect if your kid is not advancing along.  Little information not learned builds up from a mole to a mountain and then in college, he will be the kid very far behind. [/quote]

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