Poll: degrees of AAP "prep"

[Anonymous]

9th Degree:

Many of the same things ast 8th degree, plus lots of screen time, video games and mindless cartoons.

Ask my kid if they have homework and tell him to do the homework, but don't check, review or help with the homework, unless it is to check for sloppy handwriting (the kid writes like chicken scratch), or to look over a story that the kid is especially proud of.

We are really hands off with our kids schoolwork unless there is a problem. My only involvement with the AAP selection process was completing the necessary paperwork.

Zero issues getting in. Tests off the charts. We take zero credit for this, except for the genetic component (I have several family members who tested highly gifted, plus some on the spectrum, husband's family are high achieving, bright average people)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:my DD got in with 116 CogAT. Not prepped (Duh). But she was admitted...no wisc. Just a good GBRS

OP here. Which degree of not prepped if don't mind sharing? Fifth? Seventh? Eighth?

[Anonymous]

prepped with 9th....we gave her a distraction the night before the test.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:9th Degree:

Many of the same things ast 8th degree, plus lots of screen time, video games and mindless cartoons.

Ask my kid if they have homework and tell him to do the homework, but don't check, review or help with the homework, unless it is to check for sloppy handwriting (the kid writes like chicken scratch), or to look over a story that the kid is especially proud of.

We are really hands off with our kids schoolwork unless there is a problem. My only involvement with the AAP selection process was completing the necessary paperwork.

Zero issues getting in. Tests off the charts. We take zero credit for this, except for the genetic component (I have several family members who tested highly gifted, plus some on the spectrum, husband's family are high achieving, bright average people)

OP here again. I'll put you between 7th and 8th, with the revised chart. 9th will be not knowing which grade your DC is in. I think you would be better than that

[Anonymous]

I go through my daughter's backpack everynight and throw out her homework before she can do it. I never let her go to museums or the library. Books are banned in our house. If you can't read it on a screen, it's not worth reading. I gave her a puppy the night before the FxNAT. Gave her Cocoa Puffs for breakfast. She NAILED AAP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I go through my daughter's backpack everynight and throw out her homework before she can do it. I never let her go to museums or the library. Books are banned in our house. If you can't read it on a screen, it's not worth reading. I gave her a puppy the night before the FxNAT. Gave her Cocoa Puffs for breakfast. She NAILED AAP.

you're one of the lucky ones. Those puppies have been the downfall of many a would-be AAP selectee.

[Anonymous]

Ninth: healthy dose of Xbox, Angry Birds, and Nickelodeon. Eligible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I go through my daughter's backpack everynight and throw out her homework before she can do it. I never let her go to museums or the library. Books are banned in our house. If you can't read it on a screen, it's not worth reading. I gave her a puppy the night before the FxNAT. Gave her Cocoa Puffs for breakfast. She NAILED AAP.

you're one of the lucky ones. Those puppies have been the downfall of many a would-be AAP selectee.

Nah...I think it is just my DD, with the story repeated. Said dog has just eaten a project for school. Due on Tuesday.
Dog stuck her nose into the backpack, and grabbed it at chewed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I go through my daughter's backpack everynight and throw out her homework before she can do it. I never let her go to museums or the library. Books are banned in our house. If you can't read it on a screen, it's not worth reading. I gave her a puppy the night before the FxNAT. Gave her Cocoa Puffs for breakfast. She NAILED AAP.

you're one of the lucky ones. Those puppies have been the downfall of many a would-be AAP selectee.

Nah...I think it is just my DD, with the story repeated. Said dog has just eaten a project for school. Due on Tuesday.
Dog stuck her nose into the backpack, and grabbed it at chewed.

well I have heard that some puppies have peed on the CogAt notice, thereby depriving the parent of an opportunity to give their child a good breakfast and pep talk the day of the test, which, sadly, resulted a substandard performance and denial of a coveted spot in the AAP program. Very sad when this kind of thing happens to a second grader!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I go through my daughter's backpack everynight and throw out her homework before she can do it. I never let her go to museums or the library. Books are banned in our house. If you can't read it on a screen, it's not worth reading. I gave her a puppy the night before the FxNAT. Gave her Cocoa Puffs for breakfast. She NAILED AAP.

nth degree?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I go through my daughter's backpack everynight and throw out her homework before she can do it. I never let her go to museums or the library. Books are banned in our house. If you can't read it on a screen, it's not worth reading. I gave her a puppy the night before the FxNAT. Gave her Cocoa Puffs for breakfast. She NAILED AAP.

you're one of the lucky ones. Those puppies have been the downfall of many a would-be AAP selectee.

Nah...I think it is just my DD, with the story repeated. Said dog has just eaten a project for school. Due on Tuesday.
Dog stuck her nose into the backpack, and grabbed it at chewed.

well I have heard that some puppies have peed on the CogAt notice, thereby depriving the parent of an opportunity to give their child a good breakfast and pep talk the day of the test, which, sadly, resulted a substandard performance and denial of a coveted spot in the AAP program. Very sad when this kind of thing happens to a second grader!

Imagine having the life ruined because of a puppy....these parents should be reported to CPS for getting a puppy.

[Anonymous]

I'm a 9th degreer, like the others, and both kids breezed into AAP. It's genetics first. It helps that I'm intellectually curious myself, and engaged with the kids, and that means our house has a lot of books, interesting games and materials sitting around, and that when they ask a question, I am as eager as they are to find out the answers.

They do watch too much television and all that, too.

[Anonymous]

I guess second. They took the SAT prep and I think it helped.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I guess second. They took the SAT prep and I think it helped.

They took SAT prep for tests they were taking in first and second grade?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess second. They took the SAT prep and I think it helped.

They took SAT prep for tests they were taking in first and second grade?

I read this as a joke.