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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If kids are in a magnet because they want to be and can do all the work in a reasonable time, and be happy, that is great.

However, I am seeing more and more kids pushed and trained working past midnight. Stress, sleep deprived, and anxious. Those are the kids forced by mom and dad. It is really hard to watch. Really hard. And you can’t as a teacher, turn to their parents because they don’t want to hear it. And the kids are so scared of disappointing their parents, they will never admit it. The tutors, the test training, the begging for extra credit.

I am glad they have removed parent input into the decisions.[b] I am hopeful they are picking truly gifted kids who just get it. The ones that need to be given more advanced work now. [/b]Teachers figure out the parent-pushed kids within weeks even though the parents themselves are clueless. [/quote]

Well that's a nice sentiment but given how many straight A kids who score in the 99% percentile did not get a slot, if only because there just are not enough slots to send those kids to, then it's more of a cr@p shoot. And this is not to disparage the kids who got in, because I am sure they are all smart kids. It's just that those selected are not the ONLY ones who need to be given more advance work now, or who would have benefited from the magnet programs, that's all.

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