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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think "she" is not right here. I'm pretty certain OP is male, and I suspect he is still in high school, or perhaps early college.  Reads a lot of sci-fi. Thinks he's smarter than everyone else.  Well educated, but weak at writing, and very little world wisdom. Has a chip about private schools, so probably attends a public magnet. [/quote]

God no.  If s/he were at a public magnet s/he'd be looking down at the privates, whether or not this is justified, and this is no place to debate the merits of magnets vs. publics.  But as a parent of two magnet kids, I can tell you that every school that has at least some barrier to entrance thinks it can look down on every other school.  (That, or I just don't want to admit that any magnet kid could be as dense as OP, so humor me here.)

I'm still going with my theory of failed Asian tiger mom.  "Failed" as in, her kid didn't get in to private, and probably not into a magnet either.  There's lots of Asian competition for the magnet slots, and the magnet entrance test is arguably harder than scoring in the 85th+ percentile on the WPPSI or SSAT that people say is the minimum for the top privates.  The Asian tiger mom theory would also explain the aggression and the weak writing skills.[/quote]

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