<p>I’m not sure that Exeter’s Harkness math really puts any more pressure on an individual than “conventional” math at other top-rated prep schools. Starting out, I suppose there is some new pressure simply because the teaching/learning style is entirely new. But it’s entirely new for just about every Exeter kid, so it’s a shared and collaborative experience which can have some strongly positive and uplifting aspects too. From the small amount we’ve seen thus far, I think there might be some major advantages that go well beyond the math pedagogy itself. It seems to me that collaboration on logical thinking and collaboratively learning just how to frame a problem (i.e. prior to actually solving it) is a set of learned skills that might benefit these kids immensely in many endeavors later in life.</p>