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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I would love to see the true potential of kids if they all lived at boarding school. [/b]Not an elite school. Just ones away from parents. No forced test prep, no thousands on tutors, kids decide the courses they take and how often they study. They are personally held accountable. I still think Asian kids would be strong, but what is happening right now. The kids working all hours of the night, prepping for weeks for standardized tests in ELEMENTARY school. It is just getting out of hand. Reading the college threads. The need for 4.5 GPA and almost perfect SAT just to get into state schools? It is crazy. It isn’t real. It isn’t fun. It isn’t what it should be to be a kid or a teen. Too much pressure and these magnet programs are like crack cocaine to some of these parents. And the kids are stressed, anxious, depressed, medicated, lack social skills, and have zero stree5 smarts or common sense. It is scary. [/quote] Would you say the same thing about Serena Williams? She was homeschooled by her dad, and I'm sure played tons of hours of tennis as a child. You don't get to be that good at ANYTHING without hours or practice. Why such a double standard towards sports, versus academics? We applaud the kids who spend hours playing soccer, parents who spend money on travel soccer, etc. But, parents paying for SAT prep classes is a capital offense. [/quote] Plus it was not that Serena wanted tennis at the beginning. it was her dad who saw their potential. BTW, the dad’s initial motivation was the huge sum of prize money as he told reporters. Don’t see nobody discount the achievement of the sisters in tennis.[/quote]
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