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So I'm trying to get into a gifted high school..


  • RyaMage
    Oct 11 5:09 PM
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    I don't mean like, smartly gifted, I mean creatively gifted. Can you guys help me by, I don't know, find some websites or something for me?
    I know that I'm doing better than last year where I had 2 F's, 5 D's, and 1 C. Now I'm getting all C's, except for 1 B+ and a A-.
    I am very happy with these grades, and hope to maintain them, but I want to be reconized for my creativity. I know there are collages i can go to, but I want to go to a high school where I have to get a letter from them, not them get a letter from me.

    Please help me!

  • Zanny
    October 11
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    I'm in a Creative Arts high school!
    Well, Performing Arts.
    And it's only for two hours.
    But still!
    What kind of creative-ness are you looking for?
    Because I know you live in CT too, and maybe could attend the one I go to...
    *gasp*
    That'd be wicked awesome.

    • RyaMage
      October 11
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      That would be cool!

      Preforming arts, eh. Maybe when I was a few years younger I would have thouht it to be marvolous.

      I really want to get back into ballet, though, like when i was little.

      I was thinking more like writing books, poetry, speaking motiveationally. TYhings like that.

      • Zanny
        October 11
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        There's a Creative Writing class. I take it. It's books, poetry, songwriting...
        And you could take some sort of acting class for the speaking one.
        And, yeah, there's ballet.
        Here's the website:
        http://www.ces.k12.ct.us/page.cfm?p=2514

        • Benjamin Lucas
          October 16
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          Lucky.

          The world would have to change for our school to get a creative writing class.

          • Zanny
            October 16
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            It's *not* my school, though, it's the half-day Performing Arts school.

            • Benjamin Lucas
              October 16
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              I go to a half-day technical high school for networking.

              Why can't we have a half-day performing arts school?

              I hate you.

              • Zanny
                October 16
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                Don't hate me, hate the Board of Ed.

      • Foolish Mortal
        October 16
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        Are you in fairfeild county? if you are There's RCA where I go there's also APA.

  • Calanthe
    October 11
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    Why don't you ask the teachers at your current school if they can help you?

    • RyaMage
      October 11
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      I cannot because they don't think I'll ever add up to anything. I know what I am:
      Ugly
      Stupid
      Usless

      But I still want to try. My teachers know I'm stupid. Thats it. End of sentance. Period.

  • AllWeAreIsBullets
    October 11
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    Oooo! Do you like to draw and stuff?! I do! ^_^ I thought about joining a gifted one too but I really don't want to leave my friends.

    • RyaMage
      October 11
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      my friends are going to different high schools, anyways. They live in different towns than me.

      • AllWeAreIsBullets
        October 11
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        Thats good but at the same time that kinda sucks.. a lot. >_<

        So what is your gift anyways? I wants to know! ^_^

  • -BlackKnight-
    October 11
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    No.

  • HotRod
    October 11
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    You mean a school for ADHD kids?

  • kelly neuendorf
    October 15
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    ask a teacher and if they dont believe you are good enough tell them that you know you are good cause it is not up to them it is up to you. you believe you are good enough then go and get what you want to do.

    • RyaMage
      October 15
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      I go to a private school you realize.

      • kelly neuendorf
        October 16
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        so. it's the private school. i go to public. dont like private school. the best thing. just search the internet. look for art schools in your area or close by.

  • Officer chelsea
    October 16
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    I don't know if this is the same with highschools, but, most art schools that have any reputation for being good DO care about grades. Mostly c's will NOT get you into a good school. The only creative arts HS I looked into in MA had very high standards, and therefore a reputation for having well-rounded students who got into good art colleges. Unless your portfolio is absolutely OUTSTANDING then you needed B's, at the very least.

    And, then theres the issue with college. If you want to major in arts in college, then going to an art HS is a good idea. However, unless you are ridiculously talented in some form of creativity, I reccomnd against majoring in arts. Unfortunately, there are not many artists who succeed, and that is just the fact of the matter. Sad, but fact. It all really depends on what your plans are.

    As for HS, I don't know why you would even want to go to a creative arts school. I toured a few of them and found most of the students to be pompous, elitest assholes who think they're better than everyone because they are "artistically gifted." And trust me, I really wanted to go because I not only write, but paint. The students really turned me off. I just think you'd be much better off going to a normal HS and then deciding after that whether or not you really want to pursue arts, especially because a lot of colleges with good academic departments look down upon creative arts highschools and you might end up fucking yourself over in the end should you choose to major in something more academic versus creative. And TRUST me, you may think that day will never come but you're only in 8th grade and your tastes and dreams WILL change by the time junior year rolls around. I was hardcore into art and really wanted to do it for the rest of my life, but I chose the medical field instead.
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