Interview At A Magnet School

I had the opportunity to interview Carmen, parent of a sophomore student at a local magnet school, Skyline. She recalls the process being nerve racking at first because she felt like there was not much she could do, but just encourage her daughter. The student had to have a certain grade point average, passed all the standardized test, write an essay and have an interview at the school. When her daughter was in middle school, she was a bit above average, she passed all her tests and was even commended on one or two, and she was very outspoken; therefore she was confident her daughter would “knock it out of the park”. She personally helped her daughter get ready for the interview and met with an English teacher to prepare her to write the essay. When she found out her daughter was accepted to Skyline she was very proud that all her daughter’s hard work had payed off.
She even explained to me that her daughter was not interested about going to a magnet school and also refused to apply, but she convinced her otherwise. Carmen proudly told me that her daughter was still under age, so she had to make the big decisions in her life and felt that by having her attend a magnet school, Skyline specifically, would be an amazing opportunity for her to expand her typical environment. She took into consideration that it would be difficult for her daughter to adapt to the idea and accept going to a school that would better serve her, but also knew that sooner or later her daughter would understand why she wanted her to go to a magnet school. On top of it all, Carmen wanted her daughter to see that by just focusing and having willpower she could do about anything she puts her mind