No, CAP isn't a "magnet" defined as a county-wide program. But as a practical matter, it's easy to see why some are confused. If you live downcounty, in Silver Spring for example, then your 8th grade kid can apply to three "application" programs. Two of these (Blair math/science and RM IB) are "magnets" in the strict sense, while CAP is only available to downcounty kids.

But from your kid's perspective, and maybe your own perspective: your kid takes the same Pearson test, on the same day, for all three programs (plus an extra essay on test day for CAP). And he writes an essay about why he wants to be in the CAP program exactly in the same way that he writes an essay about why he wants to be in the science magnet. So from the user's end, they are pretty indistinguishable....

Anonymous wrote:

OMG, "paranoid ideations" poster is back. Gaaackkk.

An unmedicated cuckoo bird flying outside the cage again.

Yup, it's her. This thread is officially dead.

Anonymous wrote:WHY DON"T YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT WHICH MAGNET?!?!

THere are two at Blair. You chastise posters for not being "able or willing to share" their experiences but you won't answer the simplest question -- CAP or math/science?

WHat a douche.

Because CAP isn't a magnet.

OMG, "paranoid ideations" poster is back. Gaaackkk.

An unmedicated cuckoo bird flying outside the cage again.

Anonymous wrote:

I agree with the teacher. CAP is not the Magnet Program. There was no need clarify (especially to an "adult", a parent, calling someone a d*****). And why has this post about homework been hijacked?

Unfortunately, there is a crazy poster who spends waking and dreaming moments hallucinating over a figment of her imagination -- "Magnet Lady". She suffers from delusional paranoid schizophrenia (see 12:27).

OMG, "paranoid ideations" poster is back. Gaaackkk.

Anonymous wrote:

Forget obnoxious OP.

Is Crazy Magnet Lady the same as Prep Your Kid for IQ Tests Lady? They have similar pompous writing styles, as if english is not a first language and they can't really master irony and sarcasm in a foreign language. And both poster(s) love to say how much they agree with their own posts (on this thread, 20:24 and 11:06).

This poster is the voyeur and signatory on the DCUM thread on explicit sex and relationships. It is crystal clear from the writing style. Surfing the DCUM board is the fulltime job of the poster with the continual digital references in time to alleged posts.

Opposite poles attract and the poster (12:27) is obviously attracted to the Magnet Lady in more ways than one. Don't give up your search for a soul mate. Keep the citations coming 12:27.

gwu.edu

Ha ha! I never go on the explicit forum because I don't want google or somebody else tracking me. What are you doing there, though?

I agree with the teacher. CAP is not the Magnet Program. There was no need clarify (especially to an "adult", a parent, calling someone a d*****). And why has this post about homework been hijacked?

Unfortunately, there is a crazy poster who spends waking and dreaming moments hallucinating over a figment of her imagination -- "Magnet Lady". She suffers from delusional paranoid schizophrenia (see 12:27).

I agree with the teacher. CAP is not the Magnet Program. There was no need clarify (especially to an "adult", a parent, calling someone a d*****). And why has this post about homework been hijacked?

CAP is not "really" a magnet. I am a MoCo high school teacher and it is not considered one because it is not county-wide. It is only for Down County Consortium students.

I don't have anything else to add to this conversation though.

Forget obnoxious OP.

Is Crazy Magnet Lady the same as Prep Your Kid for IQ Tests Lady? They have similar pompous writing styles, as if english is not a first language and they can't really master irony and sarcasm in a foreign language. And both poster(s) love to say how much they agree with their own posts (on this thread, 20:24 and 11:06).

This poster is the voyeur and signatory on the DCUM thread on explicit sex and relationships. It is crystal clear from the writing style. Surfing the DCUM board is the fulltime job of the poster with the continual digital references in time to alleged posts.

Opposite poles attract and the poster (12:27) is obviously attracted to the Magnet Lady in more ways than one. Don't give up your search for a soul mate. Keep the citations coming 12:27.

gwu.edu

Hi again. I am Crazy Magnet Lady (well, at least I am the original hostile post) but I didn't make a lot of the crazy posts in this thread, and I'm not Prep Your Kid for IQ Tests lady. And I didn't agree with myself in this thread. So I think you are conflating several different posters/

Forget obnoxious OP.

Is Crazy Magnet Lady the same as Prep Your Kid for IQ Tests Lady? They have similar pompous writing styles, as if english is not a first language and they can't really master irony and sarcasm in a foreign language. And both poster(s) love to say how much they agree with their own posts (on this thread, 20:24 and 11:06).

Twas a full moon and the crazy DCUMMIES are out in full force hallucinating over the wisdom of the "Magnet Lady".

.... a fan

[quote=Anonymous]OP here - It saddens me to see that way more posters have spent time talking about some "crazy magnet lady" than answer my seemingly simple question about how much homework a math and science magnet student typically has a night and/or week. It doesn't make sense that an honest posting for some help/insight about homework has been fallen into the gutter both in terms of name calling and discussion. Are there any parents of actual current and/or past Blair magnet students and/or actual Blair magnet students/alumni on this forum?[/quote]

OP, I've been really restrained so far, but part of the problem really is you. You didn't answer a simple question (I have a CAP kid and didn't know whether to chime in, although I wasn't the poster who went off the deep end about it).

Now you're insulting the rest of us by saying we "sadden" you.

If you'd meet everybody half way, you might get some useful answers.

OP here - It saddens me to see that way more posters have spent time talking about some "crazy magnet lady" than answer my seemingly simple question about how much homework a math and science magnet student typically has a night and/or week. It doesn't make sense that an honest posting for some help/insight about homework has been fallen into the gutter both in terms of name calling and discussion. Are there any parents of actual current and/or past Blair magnet students and/or actual Blair magnet students/alumni on this forum?