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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lots of people are so against the lottery. [b]That's because you don't really understand the makeup of the former ms/high school magnets[/b]. Lots of those kids had major advantages. Their parents themselves were often docs, lawyers, phds, etc., growing up in households which encouraged, nurtured,  pushed. How do i know this? I was one of those kids! The magnet kids are disproportionately coming from well educated families (even if middle class). I am in favour of expanding the pool and giving these opportunities to kids from families different from mine, where the impact might be greater. I would have been just fine with ces/takoma/blair at my homeschool taking ap classes.

Also admission is based on exams, and all exams can be prepared for, even cogat. Your kid is not as gifted as you think just because they scored 99% in the map-m. Gifted is such a bullshit term. A lot of kids in the 85th percentile can handle the blair program if they are prepped in the right away. [/quote]

They know, they just don't care. [/quote]

Yes and when they're prepped in the right way those 85% kids may even score 99%! In fact, that's been going on for years and this just pulls back the curtain on this farse.[/quote]

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