@adrienne

I live in suburb of NYC and my kids attend a public school where most of the kids are high achieving. Kids are straight A students, getting high SAT scores, and getting into top 20 universities. They also have private tutors and private college counselors. There is such a focus on achievement as measured by grades and the ranking of what college you get into. And there are high levels of anxiety. In both the kids and the parents. I think academic rigor is important for my kids but I’m much more focused on having them develop these meta skills I listed above than getting straight As. I don’t know for sure whether I’m preparing them the right way for our unknown future, only time will tell, but I am listening to my gut on this one and choosing to not follow the herd.

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