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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lots of kids get into HGCs who don't belong there...and they typically end up leaving. I know a kid who got in because his mother lobbied hard for it. She volunteered at the school and sucked up to the principal. The principal pushed for it and made the classroom teacher fall in line to support the application/recommendation. He barely lasted a year. I know another kid whose mother pushed him to go. He tested extremely well, but wasn't motivated. She pushed him the entire year, but he ended up returning to the neighborhood school as well (mother said he missed his friends and didn't enjoy the longer ride...actually, both mothers used that same excuse...I think it's code for "I pushed my unmotivated kid as hard as I could, and it still didn't pan out."[/quote]

Please stop. I know of several kids who really did not like the commute and having to give up some sports or other extracurriculuars for the HGCs. Sometimes it is hard for them to make friends in the HGCs or they miss their old ones too much. Sometimes they promise their parents they will try it for a semester but then they get to make up their own minds. You know nothing about these families' situations. It may have nothing to do with academics.
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