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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just adding to say my oldest went to middle school magnet a few years ago and it was the worst.  He was slated to go to one of the top high schools in the nation.  We moved and sent him to a regular middle school for his 8th grade year.  The best decision we ever made.  So much happier and the environment was less competitive.  Parents can be crazy in those magnet schools too....Do your exceptionally bright child a favor and let them be the top of their class at a regular school.   [/quote]

Glad that worked for your child. But lots of bright kids don’t do so well when they are at the top always. They don’t learn to collaborate well. They often become anxious perfectionists. They never get to be fully themselves because they are always playing the role of “the smart one.” And when they hit challenges later in life, they give up easily because they find the experience new and upsetting.

I’ve had kids in ES and MS magnets here in MCPS and my kids are FAR happier and more joyful during those years. Most of the parents I know from the magnets are just so relieved to have appropriate education for their kids that they seem quite happy and relaxed, too. There are some competitive parents, but they are everywhere. You know them from every walk of kids’ life -they are there in sports, in music, etc. [/quote]

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