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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I only wish there was a Humanities magnet high school in the area, so that TJ wasn't the only game in town for kids with exceptional ability.  Some kids are geared toward literature, writing, history, and the social sciences and there should be a school where they are made to feel like "rock stars" too.  The Maggie Walker Governor's School in Richmond is one example.  Those kids are incredible.[/quote]

I think I might've first heard the term STEM when Obama mentioned how the US was falling behind other countries in these areas and wanted more emphasis on it in the US.

I think I had to look up what it meant because kept on seeing it used.  So assumed that it was a relatively recent trend or term based on his initiatives and didn't realize it's been around since the 90s.

I don't know how much things changed but in Montgomery County I used to see the IB program at Richard Montgomery as more humanities oriented (I may have had an inaccurate view of the Richard Montgomery program) and the magnet program at Blair more math and science oriented.  Then later on met some people who said they were on a more humanities track at Blair.  And I think now Poolesville has a couple of different magnet programs that have different focuses.  I think one is Global Ecology and think that they may have one for the humanities too but might be wrong.[/quote]

As a parent, your job is to follow your child's strengths, not force what you want your child to have as a strength.  It doesn't work that way.

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Exactly this! We're moving to a town that has an arts-based elementary school and a STEM-based elementary school. DS will be in Kindergarten when we move there. I teach in an arts field and with an arts-based methodology, and while I realize the arts school would be the best place for me (if I were 5yo), I recognize that DS might enjoy a science focus more. We have to choose the option that's right for [i]him.[/i]

FWIW, I went to an arts magnet in high school and thrived there, artistically, academically, and socially. I would not have had such a positive experience in my home school, where the "drama nerds" were practically tortured. Within our means, we should all strive to do the same for our kids. [/quote]

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