She loves music.... but not rock kind of stuff, she likes soundtracks and classical music (although she is not against pop/rock type stuff and enjoys listening to that as well, just not as much as classical). And she plays 4 instruments, and is begging for more.
She took the SAT and got grand recognition through Duke TIP, which I believe was the top 3 percent (?) of the talent search.
And according to her, the teachers put everyone in the honors class except for the ones who ARE NOT good at the subject, not everybody is in regulars except the ones who ARE good at the subject. Apparently 60% of the grade qualifies for that.
This started out as a post about math and science love diminishing in middle school girls, but it turned more this direction, hence the title. So I still would like to discuss that.