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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm fine with not having a standardized test...just use GPA and a lottery.  At least that's fair.[/quote]

Agreed. And then high-performing kids who don't get in won't feel they have been rejected or somehow failed; instead they'd realize it was just a case of bad luck.[/quote]

Selective school processes do not exist to make kids feel good. Even with an entrance exam, there are kids who feel bad if they do not get in. Further, there are plenty of kids who understand that they do not have the same opportunities and privileges as other kids, opportunities and privileges that inevitably lead to higher academic achievement, thereby leading to higher acceptance rates in selective schools. And maybe they feel bad about that. Maybe we can work on those systems? I am all for making processes fair for ALL kids, but any time something might impact high SES kids in any way that does not reinforce their entitlement, schools are supposed to bend over backwards to make sure they feel good about the process? And yes, there are some low SES, non-white, high achieving kids, like my kid, who might also feel bad if they get rejected. But my kid also does not feel a sense of entitlement. She knows she is worthy, but she does not think anything is owed to her. Her sense of self is not wrapped up a high school acceptance, and she knows she will do just great somewhere else. Maybe work on your kid's self-esteem not being tied to being accepted to SWW instead of trying to tailor the process to them. [/quote]

Congrats on having a kid with a healthy sense of self. I wish we all did but we don't. Beyond that, you missed my point. My point was that the current version--and the one from the past three years--make it SEEM like a meritocracy when a lot of the result is quite arbitrary. That's why I'd prefer a lottery--a 13-year-olds would then understand that it was luck, and not anything they did *wrong.* DC doesn't feel entitled to a spot but is also having a hard time grasping that they didn't do something bad or make a mistake.

I have no interest in tailoring the process to my kid. I just know a LOT of highly qualified kids who are very disappointed and wondering what they should have done differently, when in fact, the real problem is the low number of seats, not anything they could have said or done.

You have no basis to be telling me (or anyone else on this anonymous board) what we should work on in our parenting. Maybe step down off your high horse for a few minutes.

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Nope. PP is right. You completely miss their point. [/quote]

Agree with this. The "healthy sense of self" thing is exactly the point and is 💯 a result of parenting. Sometimes when you are entitled it's very hard to see it from the outside -- it's a blind spot. That's what is going on.[/quote]

Agreed.  The poster was making the point that if kids feel bad from a sense of entitlement, that’s not the school’s fault. And there are a lot of kids who feel bad for other reasons, but the original poster doesn’t care about that. It’s about checking entitlement. [/quote]

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