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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most of the GDS students that I know are anything but competitive. [/quote]

Too kumbaya to develop competitive spirit, even in sports or test taking.  That will have to be developed elsewhere or by parents. 
The meeting children where they’re at includes not pushing students who don’t push themselves. [/quote]

Wanted to emphasize this post, b/c this is a big GDS Fact (and why we ultimately did not send one of our DC’s to GDS). GDS is *great* for a self-starter. In fact, that’s kind of the learning model. One of our DC’s was self-starting for some things, but for a lot of things, we felt like it would be failure to launch if we left it up to DC. We’re all for growing the plant you have, but some plants will shoot up out of the ground on everything no matter what, and others need more fertilizer. GDS is a dream for a kid who is brimming with self-motivation, because the sky’s the limit. Less so for a kid who needs a little nudging and structure to meet their potential.  [/quote]

Agree.

We sent our “bare minimum” kid there early on because we thought she’d be more interested in choosing her project topics and customizing her work like progressive schools tout.  Well she just spun her wheels with lack of structure and expectations and didn’t even learn the basics well. And the lack of spelling or math tests or even standardized testing really doesn’t help parents know what kind of learner they have.  Even the dismal ERB results later were sent out with heavy caveats that GdS doesn’t cover most of those materials, they “go deeper and narrower” even in the lower grades math and reading comp. Whoops.[/quote]

Another parent who is disappointed with their math curriculum in LS[/quote]

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