Yes. I went to a magnet school.

This school had both normal classes and magnet classes.

I was very intimidated by the magnet classes, so I never applied until my last year. When I did get into the smart classes, I realized they weren’t necessarily more difficult. The biggest difference was that the kids who didn’t want to be there and constantly distracted the class were absent, so we were able to get more done every day.

I was pissed that I wasn’t in those classes sooner.