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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So your child benefited from universal screening because you convinced yourself she wouldn’t get in if she/you had elected to apply.

Um, ok.

Next time: Think Like A Man.

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LOL.....  I was thinking the same thing - Mom of the year right there.[/quote]

Hi, it’s the “Mom of the year,” here. We decided not to apply to the CES two years ago because we had a family situation that made having all of our children at the same elementary school preferable...but once universal screening was implemented and dd actually got into a CES, it was harder to let things such as the logistical difficulties of having our children at different schools or the difference between a short walk to the excellent neighborhood school versus a long bus ride to a special program at a different school stand in the way of sending our child to a CES. Feelings change once getting in is no longer theoretical. Yes, I did say that I thought my dd had a slim chance of getting into a middle school magnet (which everyone does, even if they have high test scores!), but the point I was trying to make was that knowing dd would be considered automatically again, I didn’t even have to think about whether to apply to a magnet. I don’t know whether we would have applied under the old system, but it doesn’t matter under the new system.[/quote]
You made it clear in your original post that you would not have applied to the MS Magnet because you had serious doubts that she could get in.  Now you say that you wouldn't have applied to the CES because it would have made things logistically difficult for you.  So you are saying that Universal testing is the only way for a kid to overcome having a parent like you?  I guess I can agree with that.  [/quote]

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