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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]All blair SMAC students attend tutoring. [/b] They receiving tutoring for math competition, science bowl, research at near by colleges or NIST, cimputer or IT related competitions.  I wish my kid was as smart, driven, hardworking as those kids.[/quote]

[b]So by "tutoring", you mean, "SMAC program stuff"?[/b][/quote]
OMG!!  Thanks to the PP in bold for pointing that out.  I think the previous PP used the word tutoring incorrectly.  There are many students who participate in Math, Science and IT competitions.  These students do work together and with a teacher mentor to prepare for these competitions.  So for example, the Science Bowl team might meet during lunch or after school to practice etc.  These are run nearly like clubs - very similar to a debate club in any area high school.  I would not call that tutoring.
The previous PP also mentioned research at nearby colleges.  This is part of the SMAC program.  In 11th grade, students write a research proposal and have to find a mentor outside of the school (at a govt. lab or university lab) to work with.  They spend two months during the summer before 12th grade doing the research with their mentor (very often as part of the mentor's larger research group) and write a paper and presentation during the first semester of 12th grade.  Many of these papers and presentations are entered into competitions.  They do receive a lot of support from the senior scientist in this effort and are supervised by a Blair science teacher but I don't think it is accurate to describe it as tutoring.  Science is typically a collaborative enterprise and it is hardly surprising that a science magnet program would be encourage students to work closely with each other, their teachers and academic mentors.[/quote]

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