Governor’s School didn’t live up to expectations
I agree with the points made by Bob Carter in his recent letter about North Carolina’s Governor’s School.
When a member of my extended family attended the program, he, too, was bombarded with formidable challenges to his faith and core values.
Isolated on campus for weeks, the students were also exposed to disturbing and graphic films (shown without parental consent) in addition to being required to participate in questionable “discussion groups.” Many of the topics were unrelated to academic areas for which the teens were nominated.
Overall, the Governor’s School experience was not what my relative’s parents expected it to be. If they had it to do over again, they would not allow their son to attend.
A plethora of other summertime offerings are available to advanced students which, unlike Governor’s School, focus exclusively and appropriately upon a child’s passion for a particular academic area.
Marcia James
Jamestown
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