I went private to avoid the whole AAP nonsense

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Anonymous wrote:Switching to private for next year after being a public school advocate my entire life. The gifted program has done nothing for my mathematically talented 4th grader, and I'm burnt out supplementing at home. Private is willing to work with us on differentiated math curriculum since class sizes are really small. They agreed to support him doing AOPs curriculum. Leaving public schools is bitter sweet because I've tried to so hard to support our local public schools and I really want them to work for everyone.

Ooh, nice. What school?

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Double-Ivies? You don’t say!!

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Anonymous wrote:Anybody else? DH and I are both double-Ivies so everyone would expect our kids to be in AAP and I guess to an extent we would expect it ourselves. But we have no desire to test prep or see kids bragging about their test scores or how they’re in an advanced program or math class at such a young age. So we’ve opted out starting K. It won’t even be on the table. My kids can have fun being kids. Anyone else?

Funny, most families taking that principled stance wait until their kid doesn't get in to take a stand

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our children also qualified for AAP but we left because we were underwhelmed with the AAP program at FCPS. It was really a disappointment.

We are fortunate to have what we have, but private school is still a sacrifice for us. It's night and day better than what's on offer in the "AAP" program at FCPS. Sadly, the entire focus of FCPS has shifted away from academic excellence, in my opinion.

What school do you choose for your child?

+1
I'd love to send my kid to a private but I am not American and am shocked at the idea of religiously affiliated schools and will not send my son to one. Would love to find a school other than GDS.
Potomac, Congressional, Langley, and Basis do not seem like good options.

You basically just shot down every top private in the DMV. You seem to have a you problem.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our children also qualified for AAP but we left because we were underwhelmed with the AAP program at FCPS. It was really a disappointment.

We are fortunate to have what we have, but private school is still a sacrifice for us. It's night and day better than what's on offer in the "AAP" program at FCPS. Sadly, the entire focus of FCPS has shifted away from academic excellence, in my opinion.

What school do you choose for your child?

+1
I'd love to send my kid to a private but I am not American and am shocked at the idea of religiously affiliated schools and will not send my son to one. Would love to find a school other than GDS.
Potomac, Congressional, Langley, and Basis do not seem like good options.

You basically just shot down every top private in the DMV. You seem to have a you problem.

Yeah, funny, but look at their college matriculations, not the most impressive, eh?

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Anonymous wrote:Anybody else? DH and I are both double-Ivies so everyone would expect our kids to be in AAP and I guess to an extent we would expect it ourselves. But we have no desire to test prep or see kids bragging about their test scores or how they’re in an advanced program or math class at such a young age. So we’ve opted out starting K. It won’t even be on the table. My kids can have fun being kids. Anyone else?

This is funny. I'm going to enjoy this poster in a few years when they are test prepping their kids for the SATs and complaining that their math curriculum is too weak.

First, test prepping at 16/17 is different from prepping at 6/7. Second, you think private schools have such weak math curricula that the students can’t even handle basic algebra and geometry? Really?

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Anonymous wrote:Really bright kids don’t enjoy being kids if they’re way ahead of their peers and not engaged in school, OP. Your kids are probably just average and a nice private school is good for them.

I’m a Stuyvesant grad (NYC specialized high school) after the equivalent of AAP elementary in Manhattan. Yes, some kids were stressed but most were happy just to be with kids like themselves and savor the academics.

oh boy.

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Gifted is IQ based. You can't coach IQ. Truly gifted kids are rare. AAP is full of little test prepped kids who are a bit academic. Gifted is rare, stop saying your kids are gifted----mom of a Davidson Young Scholar (look it up).

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Anonymous wrote:Lol at everyone would expect your kids to be in AAP because you’re both “double-Ivies.” The vast majority of my kids’ classmates have no idea where DH or I went to undergrad, grad school, or law school. We did not test prep and have never heard any kids brag about their test scores. My kids each know one or two kids who brag about AAP. I went to private school and knew tons of kids who bragged about money and any number of other things. So you aren’t avoiding bragging kids … but I’m glad you’re happy with your decision. We have loved FCPS.

LOL, right? I posted in another thread about how our DC got into a Big 3 K, the DC of our "double Ivies" (under and grad) friends did not, and they seemed utterly baffled at how that could have happened. Divine rights of matriculation.

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Anonymous wrote:Gifted is IQ based. You can't coach IQ. Truly gifted kids are rare. AAP is full of little test prepped kids who are a bit academic. Gifted is rare, stop saying your kids are gifted----mom of a Davidson Young Scholar (look it up).

The gifted tests are being prepped for.

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Anonymous wrote:Lol at everyone would expect your kids to be in AAP because you’re both “double-Ivies.” The vast majority of my kids’ classmates have no idea where DH or I went to undergrad, grad school, or law school. We did not test prep and have never heard any kids brag about their test scores. My kids each know one or two kids who brag about AAP. I went to private school and knew tons of kids who bragged about money and any number of other things. So you aren’t avoiding bragging kids … but I’m glad you’re happy with your decision. We have loved FCPS.

LOL, right? I posted in another thread about how our DC got into a Big 3 K, the DC of our "double Ivies" (under and grad) friends did not, and they seemed utterly baffled at how that could have happened. Divine rights of matriculation.

OP here. You seem really insecure about your lack of academic credentials since you keep posting about this.

All I meant was that people expect our kids to be smart and to do the smart things that smart kids do, like getting admitted to AAP. But I don’t want that pressure for them. I did not say that being our children automatically makes them a shoe-in for AAP.

Fwiw, we got admitted to a Big 3 as well. Hopefully not the same one as you, since you seem unpleasant.

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^ Fwiw2, I have no idea if my DH or I are gifted. I doubt it. We are probably just above average intelligence with UMC supports and a good work ethic. That’s what I hope my children will be too.

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YMMV on this one, but in our part of McLean AAP is so watered down that true genius children would not get their needs met. It's chilled out a bit the past few years, but a decade ago you would have thought the Gen Ed kids in our McLean public elementary school were weilding knives, doing drugs, and not doing any learning based on the rumor mill and pearl clutching around getting your kids into AAP. And it was just that - How do we get our kids into AAP? - No question about fit or ability. Just get them in to keep them out of Gen pop.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol at everyone would expect your kids to be in AAP because you’re both “double-Ivies.” The vast majority of my kids’ classmates have no idea where DH or I went to undergrad, grad school, or law school. We did not test prep and have never heard any kids brag about their test scores. My kids each know one or two kids who brag about AAP. I went to private school and knew tons of kids who bragged about money and any number of other things. So you aren’t avoiding bragging kids … but I’m glad you’re happy with your decision. We have loved FCPS.

LOL, right? I posted in another thread about how our DC got into a Big 3 K, the DC of our "double Ivies" (under and grad) friends did not, and they seemed utterly baffled at how that could have happened. Divine rights of matriculation.

OP here. You seem really insecure about your lack of academic credentials since you keep posting about this.

All I meant was that people expect our kids to be smart and to do the smart things that smart kids do, like getting admitted to AAP. But I don’t want that pressure for them. I did not say that being our children automatically makes them a shoe-in for AAP.

Fwiw, we got admitted to a Big 3 as well. Hopefully not the same one as you, since you seem unpleasant.

You two are probably at the same one - the one that attracts unpleasant folks.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anybody else? DH and I are both double-Ivies so everyone would expect our kids to be in AAP and I guess to an extent we would expect it ourselves. But we have no desire to test prep or see kids bragging about their test scores or how they’re in an advanced program or math class at such a young age. So we’ve opted out starting K. It won’t even be on the table. My kids can have fun being kids. Anyone else?

This is the right approach. Recent research has shown that when parents both attend at least two Ivy league schools, the prestige of those degrees is evident in DNA. A prestige gene affixes itself to various spots in the DNA helix, creating offspring that don't need to bother with AAP in public schools, and can be assured they will glide into the Ivy league themselves.

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