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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I inquired with my daughter last night and she told me something which I found very interesting and wanted to share (disclaimer: this is a report from 15 year old girl, who thought about this issue for no more than 3 minutes):
- The brightest students from her class distributed more or less equally between Wilson and SWW. A smaller number went to Banneker. 
- She said that on average "nerds" went to SWW, the cool/sporty ones went to Wilson.
- She said that on average white kids had a more positive attitude towards Wilson, while black high performing students wanted to go to SWW. I asked if she could think of a reason for this, she said that she herself (as mixed race and advanced student) was tired of having to share classes and be associated with black troubled students, and that's one of the reasons she was so vocal at home in not wanting to go to Wilson.

So to sum up, and according to my daughter (who is not at any of the mentioned schools now) , bright Deal kids go to either Wilson or SWW depending on whether they are cool or nerds (good luck with the definition) , and on their race, with black students less inclined to continue at Wilson if they can opt for SWW and Banneker.

Please do not make me regret I posted this. No racist comments or jokes please.

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This is interesting.  I have an AA son and we are choosing b/t private and Wilson.  Wilson is actually a better choice for him, but he is a little afraid.  He is an 8th grader at Deal.  Most of the white kids are going to Wilson and most of the black kids are going to Walls or private.  It's not because they are so smart that they want to go to private.  [/quote]

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