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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many schools will only award A's to - at most - 10% of the class, regardless of mastery. So tiger mom above - do you come down hard on your kid if they aren't in the top 10% in all of their classes? [/quote]

We haven't had that problem.[/quote]

I'm happy that God gave you kids who can handle your expectations.  I warn you that it isn't all about your parenting.  The universe has a way of punishing people as smug as you.  I used to have an A student.  Now he is not.  Parenting my child isn't easy, and demanding more than he can do right now would only result in worse outcomes.  I have learned some humility.  I hope you can find some.
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Why do you think demanding more will result in a worse outcome?[/quote]

The value and merit of my child is measured by more than his GPA.  True for any child, but I care most about mine.  I thought it was pretty clear from my post that we're dealing with some stuff here - stuff we're not sharing?  Good lesson: you usually don't know what is going on in a family not your own.  Maybe my kid has an illness.  Maybe I do.  Maybe he's suffered some sort of trauma.  Maybe he was abused.  Maybe we have no money. Maybe he's just having a rough adolescence.... you can't know why we are not ini a position to "demand" in the only way you value.

I think a number of people have made the humility point here.   [/quote]

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