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Rat rate?

Thankfully, we had the presence of mind to stop and ask ourselves as parents, “AND THEN WHAT?” If our son gets into every AP class, and wins every trophy and eats organic kale and only watches PBS, but is collapsing under the pressure, are we winning? Is he winning?

Before you enter the rat race, I urge parents to question what and against whom you and your kids are racing. It doesn’t freaking matter where your neighbor’s kid went to school. It just doesn’t. Please stop comparing, judging and drawing conclusions. The kids feel it. They know it’s happening, and it is hurting them very deeply.

If you are privileged enough to be selective about what schools your children attend, please consider how they are learning and not just what they are learning. School isn’t only about cramming as much as possible as quickly as possible into their little brains.

I can tell you that since leaving this school, our son is calm and confident. He asks questions when he doesn’t understand something, and, best of all, he raises his hand.

I’ll take it.

- Why I pulled my son out of a school for 'gifted' kids, by Lina Paly, November 3, 2017.

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Zhang Xin is Trainer at chinadaily.com.cn. He has been with China Daily since 1988, when he graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University. Write him at: zhangxin@chinadaily.com.cn, or raise a question for potential use in a future column.