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[quote=Anonymous]This thread is perplexing and sad. I went to a top DC private school and had on average about 6+ hours of work each night. And I loved it. I also did multiple extracurriculars (sports, pretty intense music, newspaper, other academic) and spent a lot of meaningful time with my friends and family. I got a lot of work done at school but also spent a ton of time just lounging around with friends. Maybe I didn't sleep quite as much as I could have, but I caught up on weekends and usually actually did sleep plenty--I wouldn't change that. I did go to an Ivy, but not because I wanted the prestige--just as I worked hard in my high school classes because I loved the stuff I was learning, not because I wanted good grades. It's really sad to think that people are talking about working hard only because they care about prestige and official markers of success. High school should be fun; there's amazing stuff to learn and amazing experiences to be had along the way if you really throw yourself into it, but that does involve doing a lot of work if you want to really learn a lot. I wouldn't want my kid to go to a school where she wasn't asked to work a lot, because it wouldn't be as much fun or as fulfilling. [/quote]

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