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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do you square the below with the fact that [b]about 50% of GDS HS students having a tutor in at least one subject?[/b] I think the challenge as a student or parent is that if you as a student/your child doesn’t meet the “concern” threshold and you proceed as if everything is fine and then you get shut out of certain classes/tracks and/or college options (that may have otherwise been available) that is going to feel really bad. The other issue is that it can be really hard to turn things around after you meet the concern threshold, depending on the grading of a class. It’s easier as an insider to understand some of the spoken and unspoken norms, so that is likely driving some of this anxiety.

[quote=Anonymous]It’s almost as though the professional educators with years of experience actually know what they are doing.  In all seriousness, deep gratitude for your perspective.

[quote=Anonymous]Parent of a 2024 GDS grad. What you are describing is exactly how GDS operates...they are there for the kids and the kids to build the relationships with the teachers. GDS does not exist for parents and they don't work to actively engage them.
On the "don't worry about your grades" -- you will hear this ALL THE WAY THROUGH...even with college counselors who don't provide GPAs or class ranks to the kids when they ask. It was frustrating for years. That said, it all works out and the kids learn and thrive. My kid is enjoying first year of college at a T15 and doing great based on what GDS taught.[/quote][/quote][/quote]

Or could this be a reflection of kids taking classes at levels that they are not really equipped for on their own? (This happens at Sidwell too).  The rat race portion of this is nuts.[/quote]

If a large number of students at a school need tutors it would seem to reflect some sort of issue. Is the issue that kids are taking classes they are ill equipped to take or is the issue that teachers don’t teach in a way that makes the material accessible, or both? [/quote]

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