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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My HS going way way back was the number one rated Public School on the United States. We sent numerous kids to Harvard and several 1,600 SAT scores.

We had a program called SWAS - school within a school - students agreed to get zero letter grades all of HS. No even assigned classes. The classrooms did not even have desks. A. Amazing theater program,

We even had amazing extra classes and activities, I took auto repair, Blue print reading, chefs in the kitchen, wood working, metal working, drivers Ed, go cart club I even did boating, SAT review class, drivers Ed, swimming and welding.

Teachers were brilliant and allowed to teach. No immersion programs, no gifted programs, just amazing things. Like day two people who survived Auschwitz concentration camp spoke to us when learning about Holocaust.

Ironically after being listed as public HS with most amount of Ivy League admittance and our high ranking over time school moved to 99 percent Asian.

It is now a “cram school” and every focused academic activity shut down. All robots.

This kids from 1973 were very interesting kids the kids of 2023 are boring kids.

I think a lot has to do the Asian kids today are just focused academic grades and zero on other things. In the end that does not work.

That 1,000 kid HS has amazing swimmers, musicians, theater people, master mechanics, amazing cooks and chefs, kids who were roadies, Grateful Deadheads, authors, pot heads, a real diverse set of individuals.

Can you imagine today a kid from my HS did SWAS with no GPA and did not take SAT get into Harvard on the strength of just his Essay and interview.

Be honest. Really honest at Walt Whitman, Wooten if Asian parents would be able to digest no grades or SATs and classrooms with just couches and kids doing this type of HS?

It can only exist in private schools today. I personally got accepted colleges who told me they just saw name of HS and all they needed to accept. 
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You've hit the nail on the head and the reason we have one in private and her little brother will soon be joining her. My oldest was in a 'W' school with great grades and easily scored in the upper 90s on standardized tests but we wanted a different experience for her and didn't like what we were seeing.  I went to a school similar to the one you described while growing up in Los Angeles - an amazing and happy experience and wanted this same experience for my kids.   When I attended my high school.  it was approximately 60% white and about evenly split Asian and Latino and maybe around 5% African-American.  It is now over 75% Asian and the culture has completely changed according to my nephews and nieces who have attended.  Before it was full of really smart and creative kids but interestingly, not high pressure and cut throat/competitive.  Now,[b] it is extremely academically competitive, the cultural arts is no longer highlighted, the sports team is abysmal and the kids are solely focused on GPAs and standardized test scores.[/b] [/quote]

That sounds dreamy![/quote]

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