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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd make sure your kid is really interested and not just trying to make you happy. There are smart kids everywhere, all over mcps, and you will definitely find them at your home school too. Even more so now that it's lottery driven.

(I am an Eastern grad and disliked it - the program and the kids. It was a mistake - though it made me realize what I didn't like which is equally valuable. This was awhile ago, so maybe the cohort of kids are just nicer these days.) [/quote]
My kid went to Eastern and did not like the cohort of kids either.  She never found her people, although others say this (the cohort) made the program for them.  She just found them overly competitive and intense, and always looking out for themselves.[/quote]

My kid who went to Eastern did great socially and found her quirky group. The workload was intense, and some teachers better than others, but overall enjoyed Eastern. She did not think the other kids were competitive for the most part. Some of them yes, but most were just kids who loved the humanities. She had a science teacher who she loved. PE was awful, but most of the other classes were good even outside the magnet.[/quote]
Quirky is a good word.  It's hard to describe.  If they're your people, you'll love them.  If they're not, well then it makes the experience worse.  Unfortunately my kid was the latter. There are people on this board that say their kids are still in touch with friends from Eastern years later.  
It's just a hard gamble if they already have good friends that they could continue in Middle School with.[/quote]

Honestly this feels fair to me. My Eastern kid is exactly the sort of purple haired, genderqueer, theater obsessed, artistic kid that you might expect when you hear the word quirky. Smart, gets great grades, respectful to adults, but also extremely political. Not all of the kids are like that, but a huge swath of the afab kids are and if that's not your scene, I can see it being a little bit challenging.[/quote]

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