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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP I’m sure you find most of these answers as helpful as ice water in Antarctica, but it is a reality of trying to seek help in a public forum. These same koolaid responses reign supreme at the Parent Administration meetings. [b]There’s an assumption that all kids learn the same way.[/b] I don’t have any advice, other than consider college matriculation results at most privates are nearly identical. You don’t have to subject your kids to places like GDS. [/quote]

I've had kids at GDS and Big3 and I don't feel like this describes GDS at all.  Contact your child's advisor.  9th grade is a huge transition year at GDS.  Learning how to adapt to expectations (of style/quantity/quality) of work and navigate in a community with a lot of freedom is a lot. Kids need to learn how to communicate with teachers.  I don't think they expect everyone to learn the same way, but in the end, everyone needs to be able to manage life/work balance and create guardrails for themselves. Executive functioning and the ability to make good choices with respect to workload are important. It's not for everyone, but that doesn't mean teachers expect everyone to learn the same way (and I believe Big 3 are more like that than GDS).  [/quote] Asking students who learn differently to figure it out on their own is like asking a student who needs accommodations for test taking to just speed it up. [/quote]

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