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Do you 'enjoy' spending time with your kids?
- Yes, most of the time we really have fun together
- Sometimes it's fun, sometimes it's really dull and aggravating
- Honestly most of the time it's not fun at all, but it's not supposed to be fun
- I really don't enjoy it at all, and wish I could spend less time with them
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Hunter high school has a reputation for hyper-competition and grade obsessiveness. A recent poster said that it's not uncommon for girls to have eating disorders as a result of the stressful atmosphere.
[ Reply | More ]NP: I wouldn't take that info as gospel. Personally I've never heard of that. Not to say that that doesn't happen, but it also happens at every other HS in the country.
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nnp: I think MS and HS girls all over the country have eating disorders for all sorts of reasons. While over-competetive school environment is not a good thing, I don;t think you can blame EDs on it either. There are many triggers for those prone to EDs.
[ Reply | More ]actually, the girl who described the situation didn't attribute the disorders to hunter but, rather, to the pressure that the parents are putting on the girls. they have spent years prepping the girls for the hunter test. and once they are in, they expect nothing less than "perfect". the girl who told the story is not a part of this group, but she feels that it contributes to a less than satisfactory high school experience. and she spoke out against the idea that we were considering having my child take the test, saying that it just isn't what people expect because much of the "peer group" isn't actually there because they are necessarily "gifted". they are there because of years of aggressive parent prepping that continues once they get into the school.
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at stuy the kids are all obsessed with their average as compared to their classmates'. it is a nightmare.
[ Reply | More ]Same at Hunter HS. Everyone wants to go to Ivy and they realize it is not going to happen unless they are well ahead of most classmates.
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Straight A's and almost perfect SAT. Problem is most have that. Yes, I am a Hunter parent. LOVE it! Very aware my dc probably won't go ivy as a caucasion boy from Hunter. It doesn't matter. He will do great, go to a great school and knows how to study, think, express himself. He will do will in life and is confidant and happy. Much more important than Ivy!
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