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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The parents saying that being smart has never been a social liability have ZERO experience in a school where success in school is not valued by the majority of the school population. This was certainly the case during my schooling. It was socially encouraged not to “try” in class. To try or to be smart was being a swot, stuck up or a teachers pet. I learned to lie about my grades and the amount of time I’d spent on homework. I’d tell my peers I’d failed a test or got low marks on an assignment so that I was more socially accepted. In a school where kids don’t value success it is ABSOLUTELY a social liability to be smart.

Fortunately my kids have not experienced this and are both in very academically focused programs where doing well is socially encouraged and rewarded.[/quote]

NP, I don't doubt that these environments exist.  I am puzzled that educated parents would put their academically smart willingly into one.[/quote]

My parents did. There was no alternative, it was the local public school.[/quote]

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