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[quote=Anonymous]We were in the opposite position from 9:54.  First DS's entire peer group went to the HGC so we did too.  4th grade at the HGC was amazing.  5th grade was NOT amazing but it was better than our later experience with 5th grade at out home school.
We found that the amount of homework was generally determined by the kids.  Certain assignments our DS worked on 6 or 7 hours a night AND ALL WEEKEND from dawn until dusk.  Other assignments, he chose to do just barely more than the average HGC kid and was done in a couple of hours.

MS was pretty much the opposite.  First DS and his peer group stayed home and every single kid HATED it.  After his bad 5th grade experience, our second DS did the MS magnet.  He came to the conclusion that he would rather be miserable and busy than bored and miserable.  Both ended up in HS magnets but the jury is still out on those.  Despite the cut and dried answers I listed about each experience, it really depends on your kid and how their mindset changes over the years.  [/quote]

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