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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And then you have to ask yourself if you think it makes sense to work harder in high school than college.  I went to a Big 3 here and found it interesting to recently talk to some friends from school and learn that most of us felt like we showed up at college burnt out and wish we had done more to take advantage of what college had to offer.  College has become the prize for all the competitive parenting so that all that matters is bragging rights.  Maybe we should all step back and think about what we want for our kids along the way.[/quote]

very good point. A friend said to me recently that after going through 8 years at a local "big 3" NW Private, the first couple of years of university  were " a joke". The name of that university: Stanford.

As an athlete who got a full scholarship to college, I would echo the concerns that while rigorous work when you are a young kid/young teen will reap dividends, I was a bit burned out when I got to college when my sport basically became a job.

I do think kids need time to figure out who they are and key to this is unstructured time when they can pusue interests and not just be trying to prpepare for a test or write a paper.[/quote]

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