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Reply to "Does anyone here actually send their kid to Hayfield/Edison/West Potomac/5 or lower GS high schools?"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All else being equal schools have almost no influence on how smart your kid is. That combined with the big fish small pond phenomena is lower GS schools in a slam dunk Good luck paying for college overpaying for a house too lolz[/quote] then why send them to school at all? There is something to be said for the upward "peer pressure" of a school where most of the kids are thinking about college and want to pass exams. vs. a school where the academically inclined segment is a small subset and the focus is on athletics or simply behavior management. Of course the high flyers (extremely motivated and mature students) will do well anywhere. But, what of the kids who are capable, but could go either way? What of the kid who sees few others pushing themselves to take higher classes and says "Most people aren't taking AP". What of the students who lose their teachers mid-year b/c they quit as a result of a frustrating set of kids?[/quote]
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