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[quote=Anonymous]My rising 3rd grader would do better academically in a HGC. She scores in the 97-99 range. She is bored and thinks school work is boring and easy. She's the type of kid who will work hard if there is something to figure out but if not she isn't motivated to do more than she has to do. She went to Montessori for preschool-K and really did well with not being held back or forced to do repetitive things. She's better at projects and really gets into these things. However, she is starting to develop a somewhat bratty attitude toward school work because it doesn't really offer those things. We spend 30 minutes arguing about doing the homework because she thinks "its boring and easy" and then she spends 3 minutes completing it. With the new curriculum, this seems to be making things worse for kids like this and others. Her teacher has mentioned that she should apply next year for 4th grade and her scores seem to support it.

However, I'm not sure whether the hassle of HGC is worth it. Its a very long bus ride to our center. She will be very upset about leaving her friends. The HGC center doesn't feed into the same middle school so she will know fewer friends going into middle school. She'll be in a different school from her two siblings. Most people I know are just hyper focused about getting into the HGC centers to escape 2.0. I'm concerned that 2.0 will end up in the HGCs anyway and if it isn't an amazing experience the downsides of her leaving her community make it a bad option.

Is anyone not considering HGC for these reasons or am I very off base and should apply, not worry.

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