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I'm the quoted poster, and I'm glad this struck a chord with you.  I have to say, though, that my kids went to and now attend (youngest still in HS) a school that is widely considered to be a pressure cooker.  You're absolutely right that in those schools you have to try even harder to cultivate your child's inner voice, but it is possible.  My problem with Levine's argument is that it seems -- or at least its adherents often seem -- to blame everybody else around them.  The argument becomes "I can't tell my kid not to be obsessed with grades because that's not what you're telling your kid."  This is nothing but mutually-assured destruction.  If your message to your kids is "run your own race, baby"*, then you have to walk that walk yourself.

*This is one of my favorite child-rearing mottos and is inspired by Marlo Thomas's recounting of her dad's message to her when she was growing up.  Shortly before she made her Broadway debut, a newspaper profile of her focused on comparing her to her dad.  She was in tears because she thought she could never live up to his accomplishments.  The night before her show opened he sent her a horseshoe-shaped bouquet with this message.

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I think I may take this up as my personal mantra.[/quote]

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