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[quote=Anonymous][/quote]I'm not 12:40, but there's a difference between hiring tutors specifically to prep for GT testing and taking your kid to swimming lessons and art camp in the summer. No jealousy here, my DD tested in just fine having been allowed to be a regular kid with non-academic activities after school and in the summer. Different strokes for different folks, but I don't know why you'd assume 12:40 is jealous.[quote]

I'll tell you why.  For every kid who got in the GT program that was disappointed and sad I can name 30 that didn't get in and were literally despondent for months.  Why would a grown-up feel sorry for the former child?   I am happy for your kid.  Some kids can afford a multitude of non-academic activities after school their parents thrust them into; for others the options are vey limited.  Different strokes for different folks.  Some kids come home to chores, jobs and school work.  No nannies and chaufered play dates.  Some people here don't seem to get this.  They believe "one size fits all" and their child and family is like their own.  And if not, they should be.  [/quote]

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