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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes in the DMV. Now at a Catholic 9-12. Came from a K-8 (not Catholic) and public before that. A little of this started towards the end of 8th [/quote]

I was going to say, I wonder if this is a Catholic school because it sounds just like my daughter at BI. Formerly loved theater until she got there and found out that there are "sports kids" and "theater kids" and there's very little crossover between those two groups. So she made her choice but secretly still listens to show tunes in the car with me. I'm hoping she finds her way back to it in college. Grades are good so far and she did pretty well on her PSATs (probably not merit semifinalist good but pretty good). She's in honors/APs and hasn't cared too much about being labeled as smart but she's able to brush off the teasing and has found some best friends who accept her for who she is. It seems to be worse for boys with that, so she probably has it a bit easier than your DS though. But she also sees the drama and drinking that goes on with the most popular kids in her grade and is okay not getting too personally involved with that.

If it's any consolation, our experience is that things get better as they get older, when everyone takes APUSH in 11th and many of those popular sporty kids are suddenly talking about selective colleges (e.g. the UVA scatterplot on Scoir is ginormous, everyone applies) and getting recruited for amazing schools. [/quote]

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