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How to persuade dd to do this workshop

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NervousNutty · 23/06/2009 16:00

The secondary school dd will go up to in Sept, always runs a summer workshop for the new starters.

It includes a day trip and other bits and bobs for £30.

Today Dd has come home with a letter offering her a place at a slightly different workshop for gifted and talented pupils. She has to write a statement explaining why she thinks she deserves a place and then 20 new yr 7 pupils will be selected.

If she gets a place it is free.

I want her to do the gifted and talented workshop, and she doesn't want to do either.

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NervousNutty · 23/06/2009 23:13

So if she doesn't want to go to either then I say fine ok ??

Right, so if she decides she doesn't want to go to school at all, I say fine to that aswell ??

She is going to one or the other, especially as she has been put in a class with no friends, as this will be the perfect opportunity for her to make some.

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juuule · 23/06/2009 23:11

I would let her choose whether she wants to go or not (to either). Up to her what she wants.

It's what I've done with my children. They don't appear to have suffered or missed out by not taking up the offers.

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NervousNutty · 23/06/2009 23:07

Her friends aren't going to either, so it isn't a case of me not wanting her to be with her friends.

Presumably she was offered the chance of the g&t one because they think she would benefit from it and thats why I want her to do it.

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seeker · 23/06/2009 22:35

Why do you want her to to do the g and t one rather than go with her friends?

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NervousNutty · 23/06/2009 22:29

I don't see how it would be isolating her tbh. Plus the school have seen fit to put her in a class with non of her friends anyway.

I am proud of her for being offered this. Is it not seen as a good thing then ?

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StewieGriffinsMom · 23/06/2009 16:52

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NervousNutty · 23/06/2009 16:23

They are seperate workshops, but if she did the g&t one she wouldn't need to do the other one aswell.

This is the second g&t workshop she has been offered. The first one was just in English and she has that for 3 sessions after school befoe they break up.

I think there were 6 children out of her class given a letter, and there are 20 places in total, and obviously there are other applicants from other schools.

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AMumInScotland · 23/06/2009 16:15

So, are these different workshops on different days, or are they singling out the G&Ts on the same days?

If they're singling them out, and I was her, I wouldn't want to go, as I don't think that sort of visible difference at the start of secondary would be helpful.

If they're on different days, well I guess it depends if she is noticeably G&T and wants a chance to meet others - but again, if it had been me, I wouldn't have wanted to

But the main one would be a chance for her to look round the school and meet some of her year, which I think would be a good experience for most children before they start the term, as there will be a lot to take in.

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NervousNutty · 23/06/2009 16:10

I'm beginning to think I should have sent her to boarding school

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