“It just sounded SO HARD! ‘Academically Talented’.” Christine Mac remembers her bewildered reaction when she received her invitation to the program. “I was surprised that I was chosen for AcTal because I wasn’t like the best student in the class. And I didn’t want to go because it sounded hard and intimidating and really dorky.” Mac questioned the idea of spending 4 years of her childhood with other “gifted”students in the city pooled together for this program. Being different from what she was used to, whether to go or was definitely a difficult decision to make. With some thought, Mac eventually made her final decision. It was not a decision that she could look back and regret.

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"One Big Happy Family? I Think Not"

An editorial by Yujing Gu

Does 4000 hours with the same group of people really make you grow closer? Maybe.

And maybe not.

Picture courtesy of Greystone Heights Elementary School

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