This board said my kid didn’t belong in AAP 6 years ago!

[Anonymous]

I remember re applying for AAP back in 3rd grade - this board said my kid didn’t belong bc he was twice exceptional and didn’t have high enough scores. Thank God I didn’t listen then. He got in and absolutely thrived. He’s now a freshman and has finished the year with straight As in all honors courses. He is one of the top performing kids in his grade level.

Folks - don’t listen to the naysayers. If you know your kid is smart enough and a hard worker, and can handle it, go ahead and apply. They are more than those stupid CogAt scores.

[Anonymous]

Most do not understand twice exceptional people, OP.

We were told that my son, born with a global developmental delay, wouldn't walk or talk until very late and would probably not be mainstreamed. He was not supposed to be smart. Yet he was able to do a dozen APs and have a 4.67 weighted GPA. He was diagnosed with a learning disability in math, but made it to AP Calculus BC and got a 35 on his ACT. Now he's doing well in college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most do not understand twice exceptional people, OP.

We were told that my son, born with a global developmental delay, wouldn't walk or talk until very late and would probably not be mainstreamed. He was not supposed to be smart. Yet he was able to do a dozen APs and have a 4.67 weighted GPA. He was diagnosed with a learning disability in math, but made it to AP Calculus BC and got a 35 on his ACT. Now he's doing well in college.

That’s fantastic! My son had developmental delays as well. Was your son able to do any sports? May I ask what extra curriculars he had?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most do not understand twice exceptional people, OP.

We were told that my son, born with a global developmental delay, wouldn't walk or talk until very late and would probably not be mainstreamed. He was not supposed to be smart. Yet he was able to do a dozen APs and have a 4.67 weighted GPA. He was diagnosed with a learning disability in math, but made it to AP Calculus BC and got a 35 on his ACT. Now he's doing well in college.

This is so true. Even many teachers do not. My son has constantly proved them wrong. F u to all the teachers that didn’t believe in my son and made me feel like he didn’t belong!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I remember re applying for AAP back in 3rd grade - this board said my kid didn’t belong bc he was twice exceptional and didn’t have high enough scores. Thank God I didn’t listen then. He got in and absolutely thrived. He’s now a freshman and has finished the year with straight As in all honors courses. He is one of the top performing kids in his grade level.

Folks - don’t listen to the naysayers. If you know your kid is smart enough and a hard worker, and can handle it, go ahead and apply. They are more than those stupid CogAt scores.

How do you know this ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I remember re applying for AAP back in 3rd grade - this board said my kid didn’t belong bc he was twice exceptional and didn’t have high enough scores. Thank God I didn’t listen then. He got in and absolutely thrived. He’s now a freshman and has finished the year with straight As in all honors courses. He is one of the top performing kids in his grade level.

Folks - don’t listen to the naysayers. If you know your kid is smart enough and a hard worker, and can handle it, go ahead and apply. They are more than those stupid CogAt scores.

Many of these parents will discourage others in order to foster waitlist movement.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I remember re applying for AAP back in 3rd grade - this board said my kid didn’t belong bc he was twice exceptional and didn’t have high enough scores. Thank God I didn’t listen then. He got in and absolutely thrived. He’s now a freshman and has finished the year with straight As in all honors courses. He is one of the top performing kids in his grade level.

Folks - don’t listen to the naysayers. If you know your kid is smart enough and a hard worker, and can handle it, go ahead and apply. They are more than those stupid CogAt scores.

How do you know this ?

Stop asking stupid question.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I remember re applying for AAP back in 3rd grade - this board said my kid didn’t belong bc he was twice exceptional and didn’t have high enough scores. Thank God I didn’t listen then. He got in and absolutely thrived. He’s now a freshman and has finished the year with straight As in all honors courses. He is one of the top performing kids in his grade level.

Folks - don’t listen to the naysayers. If you know your kid is smart enough and a hard worker, and can handle it, go ahead and apply. They are more than those stupid CogAt scores.

How do you know this ?

Stop asking stupid question.

It's not a stupid question. Unless he's at a tiny private, there's no way to know this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I remember re applying for AAP back in 3rd grade - this board said my kid didn’t belong bc he was twice exceptional and didn’t have high enough scores. Thank God I didn’t listen then. He got in and absolutely thrived. He’s now a freshman and has finished the year with straight As in all honors courses. He is one of the top performing kids in his grade level.

Folks - don’t listen to the naysayers. If you know your kid is smart enough and a hard worker, and can handle it, go ahead and apply. They are more than those stupid CogAt scores.

How do you know this ?

Stop asking stupid question.

It's not a stupid question. Unless he's at a tiny private, there's no way to know this.

Yes there is. He usually has one of the highest grades, if not the highest grade, in all of his classes. Teachers have told me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Most do not understand twice exceptional people, OP.

We were told that my son, born with a global developmental delay, wouldn't walk or talk until very late and would probably not be mainstreamed. He was not supposed to be smart. Yet he was able to do a dozen APs and have a 4.67 weighted GPA. He was diagnosed with a learning disability in math, but made it to AP Calculus BC and got a 35 on his ACT. Now he's doing well in college.

That’s fantastic! My son had developmental delays as well. Was your son able to do any sports? May I ask what extra curriculars he had?

No team sports, he did ballet, gym and swimming for core and coordination building. He sang in the Strathmore Children's Chorus for years and did Model UN. Worked a pet-walking and boarding business for neighbors as an older teen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I remember re applying for AAP back in 3rd grade - this board said my kid didn’t belong bc he was twice exceptional and didn’t have high enough scores. Thank God I didn’t listen then. He got in and absolutely thrived. He’s now a freshman and has finished the year with straight As in all honors courses. He is one of the top performing kids in his grade level.

Folks - don’t listen to the naysayers. If you know your kid is smart enough and a hard worker, and can handle it, go ahead and apply. They are more than those stupid CogAt scores.

Why would anyone listen to randos on DCUM when it comes to something so important in the first place? Was this post even necessary OP?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I remember re applying for AAP back in 3rd grade - this board said my kid didn’t belong bc he was twice exceptional and didn’t have high enough scores. Thank God I didn’t listen then. He got in and absolutely thrived. He’s now a freshman and has finished the year with straight As in all honors courses. He is one of the top performing kids in his grade level.

Folks - don’t listen to the naysayers. If you know your kid is smart enough and a hard worker, and can handle it, go ahead and apply. They are more than those stupid CogAt scores.

Why would anyone listen to randos on DCUM when it comes to something so important in the first place? Was this post even necessary OP?

A lot of readers of DCUM place great importance on its collective wisdom and tend to forget that some parents post to dissuade the competition. As the parent of a child with SN, we are also often told not to expect anything from our kids, to let them live a life of ease, and never challenge them. Which obviously, is nuts given that they'll eventually need to be financially independent if they can, and that's easier to do with a college degree... But people equate "SN" with "low IQ" and don't understand the first thing about our children's struggles.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I remember re applying for AAP back in 3rd grade - this board said my kid didn’t belong bc he was twice exceptional and didn’t have high enough scores. Thank God I didn’t listen then. He got in and absolutely thrived. He’s now a freshman and has finished the year with straight As in all honors courses. He is one of the top performing kids in his grade level.

Folks - don’t listen to the naysayers. If you know your kid is smart enough and a hard worker, and can handle it, go ahead and apply. They are more than those stupid CogAt scores.

How do you know this ?

Stop asking stupid question.

It's not a stupid question. Unless he's at a tiny private, there's no way to know this.

Yes there is. He usually has one of the highest grades, if not the highest grade, in all of his classes. Teachers have told me.

Then he is at a small private.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I remember re applying for AAP back in 3rd grade - this board said my kid didn’t belong bc he was twice exceptional and didn’t have high enough scores. Thank God I didn’t listen then. He got in and absolutely thrived. He’s now a freshman and has finished the year with straight As in all honors courses. He is one of the top performing kids in his grade level.

Folks - don’t listen to the naysayers. If you know your kid is smart enough and a hard worker, and can handle it, go ahead and apply. They are more than those stupid CogAt scores.

How do you know this ?

Stop asking stupid question.

It's not a stupid question. Unless he's at a tiny private, there's no way to know this.

Yes there is. He usually has one of the highest grades, if not the highest grade, in all of his classes. Teachers have told me.

Then he is at a small private.

Nope. He’s at an FCPS school - AAP is what I’m talking about which is in FCPS.

[Anonymous]

Six years ago this board said my kid shouldn't play tic tac toe. Thank God, I didn't listen to anonymous posters.