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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teacher: What type of students do best in the Eastern magnet? Which type of students don't do well?[/quote]

Not a teacher - just a parent, so take it or leave it - but my observations are that the students who do best are the ones who a) really want to be there, b) like analytical thinking c) are creative thinkers.   Being a voracious reader also helps.  The students who don't do well - are students who a) need to be led step by step through analysis b) don't want to be there for whatever reasons c) dislike writing and/or reading[/quote]

They need to be creative as hell, constantly seeking self-enrichment, independent thinkers, mini-researchers who love
to read read read and read some more, who are great writers who write for the love of it not for the "have to" of it.
Kids who are very organized, self motivated and self driven to explore new areas to the great depts.
Who know and love to write reports and papers, who can organize and present data. Who have their creative juices running all the time and who love to be in the like-minded crowd. They are fine to work under pressure of deadline and can prioritize the piles of work according to due dates that they know how to manage.

If your kid went to a magnet prior to Easter they already have all that, plus they need to love humanities like nobody's business. If you have a math kid, it is not the best match especially if he suffers reading  and writing and doing  heavily creative projects.

If you have a kid that did not go to magnet prior to applying to Easter but he just need to organize themselves a bit but has all the love of humanities,  creative  soul and good work habit in place, then they can tweak the rest in the first year I would think. [/quote]

What kids don't do well at Eastern? My kid loves writing and reads voraciously, but [b] has a hard time with group work [/b]. How much is the work done individually, and how much is group work? [/quote]

My Eastern kid's least favorite aspect is the group work, but they're getting through it. My kid has grown a lot since the hated group projects at the HGC program in elementary, and I've seen more problem-solving and speaking up happening than before. So I think it's OK if it's a weakness, because they really do eventually figure it out.

And I will say that the teachers my kid has had so far, at least, do a good job of ensuring that the majority of the project grades are for the work each individual student produces. (I can't say whether that's always the case, though.) So even when someone failed to do their part, my kid was still able to get a decent grade on the project. [/quote]

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