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[quote=Anonymous]Responding to OP. Limited experience here with only 1 kid in US right now, but based on experience and conversations with other parents with kids in US, would say US can be very rigorous but rigor and pressure are largely driven by level of class and whether kids are comfortable with B or B+ v As. If grade expectations are lower or your DC isn’t in all honors/advanced classes, it’s very manageable, and yet enriching enough to prepare for college. If your DC is in all honors/highest advanced and expects to get all or mostly As, prepare the DC for hours of work on weekends and nights. But I imagine this is true elsewhere too. Bottom line is there are several paths through Potomac and no they are not all pressure cooker ones.

On feedback, most teachers return work quickly. Where it has taken longer (several weeks  ) involves feedback on papers or lengthy written work. The teacher feedback IMO has been so detailed, specific and insightful it was worth the wait though. I have been impressed with the content of feedback, which has helped my DC become a better writer and better at literary and other textual analyses. Good luck on your choices! [/quote]

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