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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You need a critical mass of highly able students in the same classroom, a good program, and good teachers for this to be successful. Montgomery county benefited from the national awards won by Blair, Poolesville, and RM students, by increased tax revenue for instance. It is simply not possible to achieve the same level of success with regional programs. There won't be enough interested and capable students to justify the same level of classes at the same number of classes. There won't be enough teachers capable of teaching these classes at the same level they are taught today. For all practical purposes, this is the end of a very successful program. Sad.[/quote]

Why do you need especially capable teachers?  It isn't like advanced students are difficult to teach.  It's highly dubious that these elite programs weren't accessible to anyone who had test scores in the first place.  More like an excuse to dumb down the curricula at other sites.[/quote]

You must not have dealt with an advanced student before. A lot of them are on two-sigma spectrum, meaning it's hard to get them or keep them engaged. They also tend to give people an impression of "snobbish", simply because they are sharp enough to quickly know you are smart and know what you are talking about or you are not, and they are not mature enough to hide their feelings. Average-Joe teachers typically do not find pleasant experience dealing with these students.  [/quote]

Most of these kids are like HAL 9000 from the space odyssey, they've already figured out you aren't necessary or sufficient to complete their learning mission.[/quote]

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