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That's a rare occurrence. Most of the kids at HGCs are just normal, bright kids. Or, they are socially awkward and eager to leave their home school.

It's a shame that mcps can't function like private schools and simply stimulate and challenge all kids. [/quote]

Private schools may (or may not) stimulate and challenge all of the kids they admit, but they only admit a select few. (And sometimes they expel, whoops, "counsel out", some of the kids they did admit.) So no, private schools don't stimulate and challenge all kids.[/quote]

Not catholic schools.

I attended some of the best catholic schools in the area. They know how to raise the bar and demand excellence. [/quote]

You must be crazy, I had to take my super high iq kid out of catholic school because it was a whole year of complaints about him not adhering to the rules, asking too many questions, questioning the teacher, etc, etc, etc.  We had a note sent home practically every other day.  Since entering an HGC, he is surrounded by peers and teachers who let him run with ideas instead of discouraging him.[/quote]

You sound like you enable your kid's poor behavior. It's never okay for a child to challenge a teacher. Period.

I was tested as a child and was off the charts. I excelled in catholic school. My catholic high school was far more challenging than law challenging. Undergrad was a breeze in comparison.

Fwiw, while your kid with behavior issues might excel in an alternative learning environment, he will likely do poorly in HS, college and grad school given the more traditional approach to teaching. That's the key to why kids who graduate from catholic school do so well in college and grad school: academic discipline. [/quote]

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