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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is my experience having one child HB, and one child at Washington and liberty. [b] Washington and liberty is definitely more of a pressure cooker. My son picks up things quickly and is doing well at Washington and liberty but he definitely is stressed out and has a lot of homework.[/b] My daughter tries very hard but it’s not as academically gifted. She is at HB I can tell you she doesn’t have the level of homework that my son does.  In addition, she has a free period every day that all HB students get and so she has an opportunity to do homework during that period.  I’m not saying one is better than the other and I think for each of my kids are in the right school.[/quote]

Is your son taking IB or AP, or a combo? I definitely think students who are doing the full IB diploma are under a lot of stress.

Also, are your son and daughter taking different classes?  You say your daughter is not as academically gifted, does that mean she's not taking advanced classes, or not as many as your son?  I could see that being a huge difference in stress level.

I do agree that in general HB is a bit more laid back.  It's just the culture of the school - they have more whole school activities and fun events during the school day because they are smaller and can do that.

But there are still kids at HB taking a high academic load and they are certainly stressed out - perhaps more due to pressure on themselves vs. pressure from the school.[/quote]

Or pressure from the parents. We were at BTSN and the Calc BC teacher was talking about all these amazing techniques he uses to help the kids understand and apply the mathematical concepts and there were parents who only wanted to know if the class would cover all the material for the AP exam, they could not have cared less about the kids being interested in math, only whether their kids would be able to get a 5. [/quote]

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