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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Congrats, PP! 
Last year’s threads seemed pretty angry. Hoping this year can be more philosophical.

[b]Our CES teacher sent home a note alerting us that the MS notices are coming out and reminding parents that the kids at school may have some big emotions about this, and to have empathy for people who are feeling or experiencing something different - basically asking them to congratulate their friends who got in and have empathy for friends who might be disappointed. Apparently there was some bragging and tears in school last year. Just reminding parents that what they say gets echoed by their kids in class.
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Good luck, everyone.[/quote]
Were grief counselors available?  :roll:

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Right?!? Pretty sure this would not even be a blip at our home elementary, and my DC wouldn’t know or care except that some of the kids in our CES have families that are REALLY into it and the kid drama is reflected by that. [/quote]

Right. My nephew was in 5th grade when my SIL died of cancer so nowadays, every time I encounter this 'please have empathy for poor children living in million-dollar houses who didn't get into a magnet program" bullshit, it just rubs me the wrong way. Those CES sufferers who didn't get into TPMS will still be studying math at AoPS during the week and will get into high school magnets three years later. 
Ugh.[/quote]

I am really sorry to hear about your sister in law. That is terrible and so sad. 
Please don’t assume everyone on here is rich. We are in an upcounty CES and most of my kids’ friends live in townhouses. They aren’t in trauma or anything, but they are anxious about the results. For some of them, their home middle school is not a great option. The teacher was just asking the parents remind their kids about kindness and to keep it low key. I think it is ok to have empathy for people who aren’t in the middle of shattering trauma, too.[/quote]

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