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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes...but you only live once. Do you want your children to be absolutely miserable for 4 years of high school? [/quote]

PP here. Most kids who go to TJ are by no means miserable there.  I know my son loved it and looks on it fondly to this day ...... as do his friends who went there.

Don't equate an academically challenging environment and a long commute with being miserable.[/quote]

NP here.  My kid goes to a magnet program in MCPS, MD.  I am reading this thread because I was very interested in knowing the demographics as well.  My kid is in a similar position as the pp's child. What she has to do for HS is incredibly tough.  She is a Junior now and she works harder than I ever worked in my years of college. She wants to go to medical field as well, and I know that she will not crumble in undergrad the first time she has to sit in an organic chemistry class.

Yes, in some ways the 4 years of HS were different from the HS experience of the average kids for my DD and her peers.  But, it was not because they had to deal with the crap that regular kids have to deal with - hooking up, partying, bullying, not fitting in, being marginalized etc. -  it was tough  because of the extremely tough courses they had to take and the hours they had to put in daily.  Couple that with the EC they had to do, SATs, APs, IBs, college applications etc... and it was beyond hard.

It is rare when my kid has slept at a decent hour during the week, or had a full night's rest. Her life revolves around studying, activities and catching up on sleep.  Does she get to spend time with her friends in the program? Surprisingly yes! These kids go to Homecoming, Prom and other stuff - but they have to plan it MONTHS in advance.  They go as a group for homecoming, proms etc...so the pressure of asking someone to be their date is not there.

I think that this was the best thing that could happen to my daughter because the education she got and the work ethic that HS instilled is going to see her through for the rest of her life.

I keep hearing how the magnet kids are nerds and socially awkward - but I do not buy this at all, because I see the most socially conscious, introspective, supportive and confident group of teenagers in her program.

I do admit that they do not have the time to have romantic relationships, smoke, drink, take drugs or have sex - and I as a parent could  not be happier!  Another PP said that this is a cultural Asian thing (to emphasize academics) - but I see all Whites, Blacks and Hispanics in the program doing the exact same thing  -  so I do not buy the race argument.

Any child, of any race/heritage, has to work extremely hard if they are in any magnet program in the country.

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