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I think you're thinking of TPMS. THey ave a directory. I have not seen one for Blair magnet (have kids in both). Also in-boundary, and my kids are definitely not dregs of the magnet as some Cold Spring parents might like everyone to believe (though some of those kids[b] try to intimidate mine & others because they've had extra prep[/b] -- once my kid asked a question math & one of them said "You're asking that?!" Yes. because my kid is a keen learner and has not had tons of extra enrichment). FWIW, my kids have gotten into all the HS magnets, on Functions track at Blair, state/nat'l level achievements in the arts and won first place at Science Montgomery fair. In boundary.

And again to reiterate, in-boundary kids take 0 seats from other kids. It's a way to make more room for everyone. TPMS is at capacity, even if more out of boundary students were selected for the extra 25 seats, there is no room. The real problem here is not enough seats across the county. Don't try to denigrate TP kids for that. Talk about bitter![/quote]

If someone tries to intimidate your kid or others, it is not because they had extra prep, it is because they do not behave properly.

It is quite often to see such a hostile mentality toward "prep". So in many people's mind, doing prep ( I don't send my kid out for those since I can work with them myself) is a bad thing. Yet learning (in forms other than prep) is good (otherwise I don't see why you emphasize the "keen learner" part)?
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I don't have a problem with prep. I have a problem mistake better prep for being more able (or smarter). This happens a lot (amongst moms and kids). We also know kuds who prep and ate really really nice. And, even the hotshots can be nice, but it just has to be addressed that better prep does not mean smarter, and making someone feel dumb because you already took Alg at Saturday school does not make you smarter.

I will say I do have an issue with the extent of prep. Some kids are up at 5:30, on the bus, working at academics and intense music practice until past midnight. As middle schoolers. They do Hopkins cty, music festivals and computer camps all summer. Everything is about getting ahead. I think it is not great for them or for those who kids who also prize academics and music profiency and spend time on these things but who also spend time wandering in the woods and being a kid. These kids can't compete with the ones who work dawn to dusk. It just escalates the whole intensity.  I'll be honest, it bothers me.[/quote]

I don't think the issue is prep.  Math has always been attractive to a certain sort of grade school a-hole that is really only interested in the extra head-pats that high scores in a disliked subject bring.  These students don't [i]necessarily[/i] connect with the material on a deep level, but always try to act as gate keepers and knowledge hoarders. The good news is that most of them disappear at the secondary level when they become engineers and grinds.  There's a culling that occurs as math transitions to topics orthogonal to basic computation, and the students with a more innate draw to the material tend to pull ahead.[/quote]

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