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If she were in a magnet now, she would realize that there are cool kids there, who hang out all weekend and have sleepovers every Friday and Saturday nights, and somehow still manage to do well in their enriched classes.[b] I don't entirely approve of it, but this is what certain 8th graders do at the Takoma Park STEM magnet.[/b]

Perhaps this is not the real reason? The magnet high schools are incredibly selective, and your daughter might not want to apply if she's afraid of rejection. What MAP scores does she have?
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OP, this is why your child doesn't want a magnet.  It is the parents and how they raise the kids and how they are demeaning of any other kids besides their own.  They disapprove of any fun and socialization instead opting for weekend homework or other college resume builders.  Trust your child.  They don't want to go.  They want to stay with their friends.  They will have plenty of opportunity to thrive in their home school and still have high school years they can look back on fondly.  [/quote]
It sounds like she already knows this but reinforce to her that "cool" girls cannot also be smart.  All the cute HS boys are below average in school and very self-conscious about their intellect.  They don't want to feel like their girlfriend is smarter than they are so it's important that your daughter not appear "nerdy" at all.  She might want to purposefully fail a class or two just to get the street cred she needs to land the QB.[/quote]

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