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Greg was in 10th grade at a large, public, urban high school. An endearing, articulate, straightforward young man, by the middle of 10th grade, Greg felt lost at his high school and was losing motivation. Greg didn\u2019t know how to study, he didn\u2019t know how to \u201ctry\u201d, even though he sought extra help and tried to make connections with teachers. He was looking for \u201ca sense of place\u201d where he could explore his eclectic interests which included sports, theater, cars, painting and drawing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An individual evaluation revealed \u201cclear strengths in verbal and auditory learning and marked difficulties in attention and concentration, meeting criteria for an ADD diagnosis.\u201d By the time we met with him, he was failing Physics, and had B\u2019s and C\u2019s in his other subjects, a pretty demoralizing picture for this able boy whose conceptual abilities fall in the superior range. Greg impressed us with his sincerity and flexibility, and with an undaunted sense of humor and perspective. Despite his frustration about school, Greg was open to exploring boarding schools, and he wrote a splendid application, in which he included the following statement: \u201cOne thing I may have forgotten to mention in my response to the extracurricular activities question is that I do take pride in my observational skills. This does not necessarily mean that I take good notes in class or that I would make a good detective. This means that I spend much time studying human life and the world around me. This observance is very closely tied to my thoughtfulness.\u201d And thoughtful he was! Greg and his family explored several small and supportive boarding schools. He was admitted to all of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That was two years ago. A recent letter from Greg\u2019s father reads as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThank you so much for all your help to our family. I can\u2019t thank you enough for sending us their way now more than two years ago. There are schools with more impressive facilities, but this school has an outsized impact on character and outlook. They have made a real virtue of their size and constraints. You can see it in the level of constructive intimacy among students and faculty, and likewise in the degree of creativity and can-do attitude. Thank you again.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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