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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many people know about HGC and magnets and do not even want to apply based on their own reasons.  Many a times there kids are  very bright but they are not interested because they do not know all the facts.

I understand why the teachers gave the minority students letters, it is because they are underrepresented.  I understand why OP is annoyed, it is because it is creating a rift in the classroom since this act is seen as preferential.

If I was a teacher - I would give these letters to ALL the students in the classroom and then I would phone these 2 parents and also reinforce the benefits of HGC for their kids to them.  I think this would be more effective and less preferential, more politically correct too.[/quote]

Sneakier, anyway.  :lol:

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No. Not sneakier. I am Asian and my kids are in HGC and magnet programs.  I feel that it is proper to give the same info to everyone.  If there is a need to encourage bright AA students or any bright students with oblivious parents to apply - then it is more effective to have a one-on-one talk with the parents.  Eventually, it should be the merit of the child that should get them selected into the program and not their race.

I do not mind 2 AA kids getting the letter. I mind that the rest of the class did not  get the letter.

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