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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How much does a kid have to love math to tolerate having a longer school day than everyone else?[/quote]

The Long day is brutal, you have to REALLY love math. Kids wake up at 5:30-6 am to take a 6:45 bus and many don’t get home until 5-5:30 pm. It’s ridiculous that the hardest program at Poolesville is the one with the longest day. Many kids don’t go to bed until like 1 a.m. almost everyday, not just several times a quarter before a big test/project. It’s almost everyday on very little sleep.[/quote]

That sounds unbelievably unhealthy.  Mentally, emotionally, and physically. [/quote]

Yes.  SMCS is for gifted students. Please stop pushing non-gifted students in the name of equity to this program. These kids are suffering. Be happy with the bright kids you have. Why is that not enough for parents? Why do they want their kid to be a genius when they don't have the talent and natural ability.

Please don't try and lower ceilings to accommodate everyone. It is supposed to be for highly gifted children and no one is benefiting from MCPS diluting the program for kids who are suffering to fit in. [/quote]

What an arrogant and misguided response and an attempt a propaganda to boot (to dissuade potential competition?).

Magnet parent w/ kid now at Ivy here. It [u]is[/u] a brutal day, especially for kids w/ long commute and who have numerous activities. Some is commute, some is extra class, some is student driven activities/enrichment, some parent-driven activities/enrichment. It doesn't have to be unhealthy, but parent pressure to be "geniuses" in a variety of areas exacerbates the intense work already in the program (PP seems a poster parent for this -- of course she thinks her kid is the genius as they drive themselves into the ground). Add a long commute and it could easily be unhealthy. It's important to remember to breathe with these programs. The course offerings are a real asset, but kids need to stay healthy.

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