I should also mention here (circling back to the thread starter) that the vast majority of the students I'm referring to in my posts are public school students.

Yes, there are a few well-known incubators of Intel finalists in my state-- one private and one public, btw-- but most of the extreme pressured parenting is coming from places like the town we live in.

The other often overlooked marker of this kind of environment is the Adderall abuse rate. It's shockingly high here, if one pardons the pun. DD knew people who were casual about "study drug" use by the time she was in 8th grade. frown


Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.