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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Think back to when you were a kid, and ask yourself whether your parents knew your exact GPA, exact SAT score, and number and score on all APs. No, they didn’t. We pitied those few, stressed, overmanaged kids. Is EVERYONE like this now? And we wonder what’s so wrong with young adults?

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Excellent point[/quote]
Well, back then, I was able to pay for Boston College mostly by myself. I worked 40 hours during the summer, 15 during the school year, and took out a small loan. Upon graduating I was also easily able to get a nice, white collar job with benefits with my political science/English major. BC now costs $75K/year, and I doubt I’d even be considered for the job today. I agree there are some over the top people here but the landscape is sooo much different than we were kids so these comparisons are a bit futile IMO...[/quote]

Then I think we should all be brave enough to decide that it’s more important for our kids to learn to run their own lives than to get into the colleges we attended. If my kid can only win the science fair if I do most of his project for him, I’d rather my kid not win the science fair.[/quote]

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