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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
While you may be concerned about easing them in the truth is that one of the biggest risks they face will be moving from an intensive and competitive study environment to one that is much freer and puts far fewer demands on their time. The result is likely to be the student starting to take on a much slacker attitude towards their own studies and feeling a lack of structure in their life. I have seen this happen again and again, sometimes resulting in simply reduced academic performance and attitude towards learning and education, sometimes in adopting more destructive behaviour or simply filling their time with online games. If they are entered in a public school I would still advise finding a good assortment of after school activities for them to do which will fill their evenings and free time. These activities can be things that they enjoy and allow them to develop as more rounded people as well as providing continuity of the structure they're used to.
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Thanks JohnnyB. Very solid advice.