<p>You asked where some of the honors kids come from. Well, my son is from rural Virginia. His girlfriend is from Texas. Several of his friends who are in the honors college are from Alabama, Texas, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Washington State and California. He also knows kids from Alaska and Indiana.</p>
<p>And mom2collegekids is right. These kids in the honors classes are very bright. My son said it was sweet walking into the National Merit ceremony to get his laptop in August. There were about 140 kids in the room. Four of the 16 kids in his Alabama action group were National Merit/National Hispanic/National Achievement scholars. So the challenge is definitely there.</p>