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Originally Posted by 1990C4S
I will be the contrarian here.
I have a very good education (engineer, MBA), and none of it came from high school. And virtually nothing I learned in high school benefited me at university. I had a good high school, I just wasn't interested at the time.
If your kids stay out of trouble then they will be fine, provided they are academically inclined. High schools don't make your kids good college students, they do it on their own.
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I think we are talking more about the impact on their social growth.
My daughter was hugely popular in Junior and HS.
My son, he has maybe 5 friends, maybe. One lives 3 houses away but outside school they rarely see each other. It's like that.
We are currently undergoing clinical evaluations because we are pretty sure he is somewhere on the Aspergers spectrum.
Kid is smart as a whip, gets great grades, but is virtually incapable of social interaction.
It's gotten worse as he has gotten older because his mannerisms and behavior only become more apparent with age when compared to his peers which makes him withdraw even further.
He's a really sweet kid, funny as hell, causes no trouble and flies under the radar which is why none of his teachers ever picked up on anything.
A kid like him, in a new school who does not know anyone, he's a prime target.
The one saving grace is his closest friend here, they've been buds since elementary, keeps an eye on him and does not let anyone screw with him.