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[quote=Anonymous][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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The reason bright AA kids elect not to apply is their parents don't want these types of attitudes rubbing off on them. The other AA students don't have heritage weekend schools teaching them math, reading and writing on the weekends so that they can display more merit.[/quote]

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