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deliveredarling -> Tams-Texas Academy of Math and Science (9/3/2008 7:24:25 AM)

Have any of you heard of it or sent your children there?

My son has been invited to check the school out and apply for admission.

Just looking for others who have gone through this.



sisrev -> RE: Tams-Texas Academy of Math and Science (9/3/2008 8:22:00 PM)

My nephew is attending the Louisiana version of this school. It's on the campus of Northwestern State University, but they are not allowed to mingle with the college kids. They live in a dorm, and do college level work, but for high school credit. It's a good program for kids who are not only super smart, but self-reliant. Some kids blossom there, stimulated by the intellectual challenges, some find it too restrictive socially. Some kids just decide they would rather be "the smart kid" in a regular school, rather than be just one of many in a school full of geniuses. My nephew was accepted for his sophomore year, but his parents decided that he was still too young to be away from home. He had some problems this past year and gave them all kinds of grief, I think partly out of pure boredom. In a "regular" school, even the GT classes were not enough to challenge him, and he had no real peers. He has just begun his junior year there, I really think it will help him to not be the odd-ball, but to be some place that will help him to bloom into his full potential.



deliveredarling -> RE: Tams-Texas Academy of Math and Science (9/4/2008 6:52:46 AM)

I didn't know Louisiana had one. I lived there for about 6 years.

What appeals to (and I see it as a blessing) is that his time spent there, which will be his junior and senior year, will count towards his college credit. So, when he graduates from the academy, he will enter college as a junior.

I have some concerns about him being away from home. However, they are heavily supervised and must return home one weekend a month, more if they want to.

He's bored in school now, despite the honors courses. I thought the school here in Texas might challenge him more than it did in Louisiana. So far that's been a big NO. Our schools here focus more on TAKS test preparation than they do actually teaching.

It's not the teachers fault, it's state mandated. I just don't think they realize how very much they are short changing the students.



sisrev -> RE: Tams-Texas Academy of Math and Science (9/4/2008 10:49:16 AM)

If he's bored, he might do well there scholastically. The main thing that would concern me would be the separation. Some kids can handle it, some can't. Also, the "big fish in a little pond" vs. "little fish in a big pond" issue. Some thrive, some end up coming back to their regular school. A lot would depend on his personality.



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