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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Apparently the worst day at the HGC's is the day the admitted students go visit Eastern/Takoma during the school day.  They come back excited with their new school trinkets.  Really tough for a kids disappointed they didn;t get in.  Even my kid who did not apply to a middle magnet felt left out of the party.[/quote]

Ugh. I hadn't even thought of that.  [/quote]

I am always amazed at how over protective parents are...  it's healthy for kids to experience dissappointment.  really tough and worst day?  Wow how sheltered.  If your kid is that fragile they should stay firmly tucked up under mommys wing and not go to a big bad magnet.[/quote]

You must not have a 5th grader right now.  I do, he's worked his butt off and has made great friends.  Moving on to the middle school magnet thing is part of the culture at the HGC.  If my son does not get in he will be extremely disappointed - it will hurt.  But you know what?  That does not mean he's fragile and my worry for him does not mean that I'm too protective.   His disappointment and hurt would be a normal human reaction to to the rejection of not getting in.   My worry for lack of a better word is a normal reaction, no parent wants their child rejected and sad.     Now had the other poster had said her child would refuse to go to school and cried all night throwing a tantrum - yes - that's a problem and not really a normal reaction for a 11 year old.

Try to remember what it was like to be 10 and want something badly maybe you wouldn't be so harsh. [/quote]

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