So well said!!! 10+ Why do we have no problem with the grouping by abilities in sports, music, etc but academics? |
I asked a parent what the test was like and she referred to this site. I bought a book from Amazon 4 days before the actual test and my DC did the test on the weekends. I am not sure if it helped or not because when he did the test, he made very few mistakes. The actual test results seemed lower. |
I prepped my son. Got the new Fairfax County test prep. as well as numerous other CogAT tests and critical thinking books. We worked half an hour or so a day for two or three weeks and then crammed with tests before the exam (plus the section specific practice tests each night during the test). My DC did great. I have no regrets whatsoever. We are thrilled and so is she. I think you waited a little to long to start, as it is a process to get some of the patterns down. The repeat, as there are only so many ways you can flip a pattern. |
Only a fool would chastise students for studying for exams or tests remotely or at the time of the test. We don't tell athletes, surgeons, pilots, judges, lawyers or tax accountants not to prepare or prep. |
For engaged and focused students prep lasts a lifetime. |
OP of the passage here. I am no troll. Don't kid yourself, all opportunities build on prior opportunity. I know, not in all cases, there are great success stories from those who came from no opportunity or who came from bad circumstance, but the majority of success stories are the result of good breaks and the best learning environment. Do you not think that those who do best in high school in Fairfax County come from AAP? Do you not think that those who do best in High School do best in college admission and go to the best universities? Do you not think that those who go to the best universities get the best jobs or go on to become doctors, lawyers, or academics? I realize that AAP students are inately smart, but the rigors of the program make all the kids better students in the long run, better than those in the general program. Yes it is parody, but it is true. I want my DC to have the best opportunity to succeed and I will do whatever I can to provide that path to her. |
I suspect you're a troll, since your "son" became a "she" further down in your post. However, if not, this is probably the best example I've seen of why these tests should be invalidated. "Only so many ways you can flip a pattern?" This measures nothing but a parent's ability to game the system. |
Is this your new word. I agree you are a troll...whatever that means. |
15:34 here. Thank you. This was my point as well. If the base school really and truly can't accommodate a child, then the system has to provide an alternative. But no one can convince me that 16% of our second graders are so gifted that they can't be accommodated in our very highly ranked gen ed public schools. |
Are these surgeons, pilots, and judges in second grade?? You're talking about grown adults who are making choices for their own further education--not 6-year-olds whose prep is entirely driven by Mom and Dad. |
Smartest post winner. Thank you. |
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OP of the passage here. I am no troll. Don't kid yourself, all opportunities build on prior opportunity. I know, not in all cases, there are great success stories from those who came from no opportunity or who came from bad circumstance, but the majority of success stories are the result of good breaks and the best learning environment. Do you not think that those who do best in high school in Fairfax County come from AAP? Do you not think that those who do best in High School do best in college admission and go to the best universities? Do you not think that those who go to the best universities get the best jobs or go on to become doctors, lawyers, or academics? I realize that AAP students are inately smart, but the rigors of the program make all the kids better students in the long run, better than those in the general program. Yes it is parody, but it is true. C You are pathetic! A bright , motivated child will succeed regardless of their GT experience. Your kids however have been set up to fail by you needing them to be in AAP. Clearly your value as a human being is based on whether or not your child is in the AAP program. Elementary school AAP has as much to do with professional success as whether or not your child was born under a full moon. "I want my DC to have the best opportunity to succeed and I will do whatever I can to provide that path to her." Does that include paying her 2nd grade teacher a bribe to inflate her GBRs? |
oh my gosh. I thought you were a troll or joking. Let me tell you, I have worked in higher ed. There are PLENTY of students who are national merit finalists, Ivy acceptance, and TJ grads who DID NOT go to AAP. Conversely, I have worked with a AAP students who went on to AP and ivymlevel and dropped out with anxiety, depression, lack of maturity, not their dream but parents. Please don't kid yourself or act superior. I have one in aap and one in gen ed. They both have the exact same chance of succes or failure, happiness, love. If you really think aap sets anyone up for more succcess over anyone else ( it's elementary school!) then, well, I have no idea what to say to you. Oh yea...go to NPR and look at the book review. The chinese women who was imprisoned as a child, left the prison as a late teen went to community college, and 30 years later she has one of the most successful companies in 3d printing. She did all this without AAP! |
I knew someone would respond with the lines you are quoting. Of course everyone has a chance to do well and find love. What I have said it the great majority of those at the top have had great opportunities throughout their lives and each opportunity has created others. The Supreme Court Justices all went to Harvard and Yale, coincidence? The majority of those going to the best universities benefited from private school educations and households that create learning environments. It all builds. Its about having the best opportunity. I am speaking of the majorities, not the outliers that you are citing.
Exactly how may TJ grads did not go to AAP as a %? A very small majority I would believe. |