<p>From our perspective, it is not the administration, or the teachers or advising, that make the school, but the students. My daughter’s experience with the other bright, creative, interesting, passionate, diverse students all around her has been a huge positive discovery. I think of her school as groups of amazing kids who teach each other. The teachers guide from the background, and the administration tries to provide the space. Their main function (yes, it is Harkness method) is not to screw it up and just to let it happen. </p>
<p>That is what we are paying for, for her NOT to feel like the weird nerdy kid who studies too hard and gets made fun of when she tries to start an intellectual conversation with anyone in school. (And, she was in a pretty good public school and is a fairly normal person who also likes sports.) She helps other students in her best subjects, they help her in their strong areas, and they are a very tight knit and supportive group.</p>
<p>She initially went to summer CTY (Johns Hopkins) and found and loved the same comraderie; we hoped BS would provide the same environment, and it has.</p>
<p>It’s all about finding others you can share your self with, and grow together. Cool that it can happen in a high school.</p>