Magnet Schools?

[starbrite5]

I go to an arts and technology magnet school, and recently been wondering about magnet schools elsewhere. Are they common in your area? What programs do you have? How is it different from normal public schools in the area? Basic info like that, you know? My school has Visual Art, Literary Arts, Vocal Music, Design and Production, Dance, Culinary Arts, Cosmetology, Carpentry, IT, and Management and Finance. I'm in the visual arts prime, and I'm planning on taking Photo and Multimedia next year.

[INFERNO]

What is a magnet school as I've never heard the term before?

[Perseus]

I go to a magnet school(I'm not magnet, it's a public school). Ours is like for science and math and things like that. There are a couple where I live.

And INFERNO, magnet schools that are schools that have programs in certain ares to attract students from around the area to go there instead of the school they are districted to go to. You have to take a test(for my school, anyway) and pass it(duh :P) to get accepted.

[starbrite5]

Yeah, for mine you have to audition, which of course is different for each prime. (Primes are basically majors, except for high school.) For the visual arts audition, we had to make portfolios in the months leading up to it. Then we went in for 2.5 hours to draw a still life and interview/go over our portfolios. It was intense.

[shikachunin]

I go to one in another county, for Marine Biology and Technology... There are kids from 3 different counties here :) In my county, they have what yours does, but in the county I go to, there are 5 "academies". Theres one for Allied Health & Sciences, one called "High Tech", one for Biology & Technology, one for Communications, and the one I go to.

[ltimm]

My school is a science, technology, engineering and math. But we just shorten it to STEM

[staying_alive]

Yeah we have some magnet schools in my area. Never really understood what they were. My school isn't a magnet but we are definitely above the magnet schools in the area in terms of academics.

[Nickk XD]

They apparently aren't common where I'm at, I've NEVER heard of a magnet school.

We have three different types of schools.

The public school
The charter school (also public, but more individualized)
The religious school

[Erika]

Well my school is classified as a 'specialist lanaguage school' which means that we all have to take a language, but I'm not sure if that is what you would call a 'magnet school' (I've never heard the term before) because we don't have to pass a test or anything, it's just an ordinary public school. Every school near me has a specialism, except the catholic school down the road.

[Nickk XD]

In the United States, we take mandatory public education which consists of uniformed standards. Then we go to college to specialize in a career. In the United States it is nearly impossible to get a good job without a 2-4 year college education.

In Europe, the schools are specialized to get you a career. Usually, you aren't required to go to college for a decent job...but you can. I've spoken to many Italians about college and they say they won't go because going to college doesn't increase their chances of getting a good job....

[Perseus]

In the United States, we take mandatory public education which consists of uniformed standards. Then we go to college to specialize in a career. In the United States it is nearly impossible to get a good job without a 2-4 year college education.

In Europe, the schools are specialized to get you a career. Usually, you aren't required to go to college for a decent job...but you can. I've spoken to many Italians about college and they say they won't go because going to college doesn't increase their chances of getting a good job....

What are you going on about?

[Nickk XD]

I was referring to what Erika said...notice her school is much different...

What are you going on about?

[Perseus]

I was referring to what Erika said...notice her school is much different...

Not really, you have to take a language(three semesters or fine arts) at my school to graduate.

[Nickk XD]

Key word three years.

When I went to school in London, we did nothing but study...except we got out of school at 2.

They are focused on a specific career. Everyone knows 3 or more languages. They don't do anything fun in school...really. School is just that...SCHOOL. You are there for an education. They don't get lunch at school, you go home for that...

You never know anyone outside of your "group"...like everyone has a predetermined destiny. They share classes with the SAME people...anyone not considered as smart or if they're considered smarter do not know the people in the other groups...I don't know if you guys do FROSH groups (freshman reaching out for success and happiness) you freshman year in the U.S. Basically you share 3 or so classes with the same group of people. It's kinda like that except you share EVERY class with pretty much the same people.

Not really, you have to take a language(three semesters or fine arts) at my school to graduate.

[Perseus]

Key word three years.

When I went to school in London, we did nothing but study...except we got out of school at 2.

They are focused on a specific career. Everyone knows 3 or more languages. They don't do anything fun in school...really. School is just that...SCHOOL. You are there for an education. They don't get lunch at school, you go home for that...

You never know anyone outside of your "group"...like everyone has a predetermined destiny. They share classes with the SAME people...anyone not considered as smart or if they're considered smarter do not know the people in the other groups...I don't know if you guys do FROSH groups (freshman reaching out for success and happiness) you freshman year in the U.S. Basically you share 3 or so classes with the same group of people. It's kinda like that except you share EVERY class with pretty much the same people.

I know France did something similar to that, but I didn't know that Britain did that. That's interesting, but yeah, we don't have FROSH at my school.

[Nickk XD]

I think FROSH might be a California thing.

Basically EVERY country that isn't on the k-12 system does specialization.

Countries that are on the k-12 system are U.S.A., Canada, possibly Australia, and maybe Mexico. There are probably a few others...but...I'm just not familiar with them. Countries that don't go off of a k-12 system are based off of what you know or what you don't know. In other countries, they focus on your strengths and put you in classes you do well in and don't focus so heavily on what you don't know. In the U.S.A. and countries with other k-12 systems, they go based off of what you don't know (like you struggle in English? Well, let's give you two English classes.)

I know France did something similar to that, but I didn't know that Britain did that. That's interesting, but yeah, we don't have FROSH at my school.

[Garrett14]

i was going to go to one. are they hard?

mine was going to be math though

[starbrite5]

i was going to go to one. are they hard?

mine was going to be math though

If you like the program you're in, they're not hard at all. I love the art program, and it's ranked as one of the best in the country. (I can't help but brag about my school, since this is the first time I've had this so-called "school pride.")

Most of the magnet schools in my area are more for math, science, engineering, law, etc. There's only one or two other art schools in the area, though one doesn't really count I guess since it's in the city. A certain dance movie was shot in their building. (But they used my school's art in the building. So...)