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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would love to see the true potential of kids if they all lived at boarding school. Not an elite school. Just ones away from parents. No forced test prep, no thousands on tutors, kids decide the courses they take and how often they study. They are personally held accountable.

I still think Asian kids would be strong, but what is happening right now. The kids working all hours of the night, prepping for weeks for standardized tests in ELEMENTARY school. It is just getting out of hand. Reading the college threads. The need for 4.5 GPA and almost perfect SAT just to get into state schools?  It is crazy. It isn’t real. It isn’t fun. It isn’t what it should be to be a kid or a teen. Too much pressure and these magnet programs are like crack cocaine to some of these parents. And the kids are stressed, anxious, depressed, medicated, lack social skills, and have zero stree5 smarts or common sense. It is scary. [/quote]

I am surprised at all the backlash you are getting. I agree w/ you. My magnet kid tells me about how some of their Asian friends are pressured by parents -- multiple instruments w/ intense practice (but not allowed to major in music), extensive test prep for every magnet test (elem, middle, HS), additional enrichment classes geared to math or science or even specifically to math team. Being forced to attend magnets w/ long bus rides when they preferred home school. Working past midnight every night in middle school. No one thinks this is all Asians, of course! But, it does seem to be a cultural thing, and I think it is worth considering that extensive prep does not equal gifted. Not to say these students aren't gifted -- I'm sure they are! But, there may be other gifted students who haven't had the extra-curricular training. I think the real answer to the dilemma in gifted ed is more gifted support in schools early on and more places. That takes nothing away from the accomplishments of any kids.[/quote]

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