Distance Learning ruining my Kid's AAP chances? Score 140 but failing distance learning

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Anonymous wrote:OP here to add, my kid is in 2nd grade and we are concerned this is going to affect AAP admissions.

Your kid is 7. OMG let them just be a kid and stop adding to stress by worrying about this.

Some of us want to make sure our gifted children are in the right environment, remote learning is going to end at some point.

If they are truly gifted (only about 1% of the world is) then it will show no matter what.

If you’re trying to prep them to get into AAP, then they may get in and they may not.

I taught AAP and I think the whole thing is ridiculous. Not every school district segregated kids in elementary school like that! But I can say that many of the kids did intense classes all weekend because their parents wanted them ahead, very few seemed naturally gifted, and others didn’t seem to be able to handle the standards. I had some kids who had distracting behaviors and I had to sit next to them to get them to do anything and the moment I left to help the other many kids they would stop doing any school work. They really struggled even after whole class lessons and me reteaching to them.

The whole AAP thing is strange and that’s why most elementary schools don’t do anything like it. I’m assuming that parents in the area are just so intense and like having their kids do classes to get ahead, so maybe that’s why they bother to do it. I have no clue. But I can tell you most of the kids weren’t gifted. FCPS likes to overuse that word. About 1% of the population is and not because mommy and daddy prepped them for COGAT starting in kindergarten and makes them do more school all weekend...

Agree 100% - parent of AAP kiddos

[Anonymous]

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If they are truly gifted (only about 1% of the world is) then it will show no matter what.

The whole AAP thing is strange and that’s why most elementary schools don’t do anything like it. I’m assuming that parents in the area are just so intense and like having their kids do classes to get ahead, so maybe that’s why they bother to do it. I have no clue. But I can tell you most of the kids weren’t gifted. FCPS likes to overuse that word. About 1% of the population is and not because mommy and daddy prepped them for COGAT starting in kindergarten and makes them do more school all weekend...

Most elementary school teachers are pretty dim and wouldn't recognize giftedness if it bit them in the ass. Really, how is a person with an IQ in the 100-110 range going to pinpoint kids with IQs in the top 1%? They can't. It's why GBRS is completely worthless.

I agree, though, that parents in FCPS are very intense and want to brag that their kids are in the "gifted program." I've met many who talk incessantly about how gifted their above average but well prepared kids are. The parents are ridiculous. But FCPS also has exceptionally low standards for the gen ed track, and parents know that their somewhat above average kids are likely to be ignored while the teacher works exclusively with the struggling kids. It makes perfect sense for parents to push their kids into AAP in the hopes that their kids will actually be educated and not just sit around wasting time in school.

You can thank illegals for the low gen ed standards, check the papers of all the schools that have 30%+ hispanic

[Anonymous]

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You can thank illegals for the low gen ed standards, check the papers of all the schools that have 30%+ hispanic

Or I could blame "No Child Left Behind," achievement gap metrics, and school rating metrics, all which shift the focus to the bottom kids in the school. When I was in elementary school, before all of this nonsense, my school had 3 classrooms per grade level. For each subject, the kids switched classrooms, where the top 1/3 all had class together in one classroom, the middle in another, and the bottom in another. It worked much better than the current model, where all of the kids are effectively in the bottom classroom, and the kids who don't belong there are ignored.

[Anonymous]

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You can thank illegals for the low gen ed standards, check the papers of all the schools that have 30%+ hispanic

Or I could blame "No Child Left Behind," achievement gap metrics, and school rating metrics, all which shift the focus to the bottom kids in the school. When I was in elementary school, before all of this nonsense, my school had 3 classrooms per grade level. For each subject, the kids switched classrooms, where the top 1/3 all had class together in one classroom, the middle in another, and the bottom in another. It worked much better than the current model, where all of the kids are effectively in the bottom classroom, and the kids who don't belong there are ignored.

Bingo -- we had 4 levels when I was in school - there was a gifted class, advanced class, general ed class and special education. Each group received lessons geared towards their capabilities -- rather than lumping everyone together. It worked better than this current model where a teacher needs to teach to the bottom so they can raise their overall class score. I had a teacher once tell me that the smart kids can only move so much (not a lot of room for growth when a kid is consistently getting 95s). But if they can take the kid getting grades in the 60s and move them to the 70s, the whole class average can go up and the teacher is deemed to have done their job.

But to the original posts concern. Talk to the teacher and express your concern. Virtual doesn't work for everyone. Maybe they can give you stuff to do at home.

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140 score in what?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:140 score in what?

IQ??