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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The high pressure comes from kids and 'internally' because of what they perceive adult values around them to be. The pressure may not be direct, but it is there. So stop kidding yourselves. 
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Not true. Pressure comes from the environment to measure up. To take as many AP’s as your peers and do travel sports and clubs etc. I know parents who pushed their kids on the advanced math track just because they think it’s important for selective colleges whether or not the kid is able to handle it.  My kid was in advanced math class but I didn’t have to do anything to get him on the track.. Then I had a mom of a first grader ask me how did you get him to take Algebra in 6th grade and would it be necessary to get into an Ivy without that path? I was shocked to hear this question! 
On another note, many many kids take adderal in college. This kid from Penn bragged about it to my kid (not at penn)howeveryone takes it and especially during exams where they stay up for 4 straight nights![/quote]

You’re not hearing what I’m saying. Adults ultimately control that environment to “measure up”[/quote]
Unfortunately, what you are talking about involves adults and community norms that go far beyond values inside one's home. By high school, teens are taking their cues from the broader community, which has set exceptionally high standards for local kids. On any given day, my kid may get pummeled with questions by their dentist, neighbor, vet, you name it, on their college plans. And don't get me started on the cookie-cutter lofty expectations of many MCPS schools--namely, the W schools. Every now and then, you encounter a voice of sanity, but the overall norms are extreme, myopic, and based on faulty assumptions about what particular colleges or college degrees will yield in the future. [/quote]

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