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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Social kids do not do well in the magnet programs outside of their own cluster.  Losing their friends, the long drives, the issues with their own new school all make for a crappy experience.  The kids that do well are the geeks and introverts that never fit in their own cluster schools to begin with, and now have some introverts to be introverted with.  They found their people and never look back longingly at their old cluster. [/quote]

Your theory is that the magnets are so full of introverts (who enjoy being introverted together) that there’s no one for social kids to make friends with? You’re wrong. Truly social kids make friends everywhere. It’s easy to make friends in Pre K - 2nd, and a lot of these friendships are helped along by going to school with your neighbors, being in extracurricular activities with your schoolmates, and having parents who know each other setting up play dates. If you’re a new kid in a middle school, especially one that isn’t your neighborhood school, it’s the first time in your life that you have to rely solely on your own social skills. I think the kids you’re talking about were never as social as you thought they were.[/quote]

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