Kids can’t really judge a school at this age, can they?
As a kid I’d probably have been very happy with fewer classes and less homework, and had time to make more friends and play too. But in retrospect, it may not have been good for me in the LONG run. Peer influence is high – in good things as well as in bad things. If my classmates would not have listened to teacher, skip classes, etc. I’d probably have joined them at least some of the time. I’d have had a great time, and the approval of my peers, but not good for my education.
My point is, the kids would be happy in any school, they can’t discriminate at this age. So that’s why as a parent I am choosing for them to the best of my knowledge – within some limits. I am not going for the very best. Yes, it is up to the kid, but the schools and the demographic help a lot too.
30 years ago, only 30% of high school grads went to college. But in my age group, I think the % is at least twice that, if not higher. I don’t KNOW anybody in my peers who didn’t go to college.
