Stop hating on gifted kids.

[Anonymous]

I find the whole argument that the “real” gifted 2% should have a special “real” gifted program so dumb (how ironic!). If we have the choice between serving 20 smart kids pretty well or serving 2 children perfectly and 18 not at all, then the choice is an economic one. Nobody wants to join the club that would have them as a member, and parents of gifted children are not the exception to that rule.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There is so much hate for gifted kids in this form.

This clearly reflects the sentiment you all have in real life.

Gifted kids need an appropriate education, and unfortunately they’re not receiving it from public schools in the Dc area. Every aspect of education is being watered down, and aap is no exception.

So many of you share the sentiment that if you didn’t like it, go to private. That’s just plain hate and jealousy.

Gifted kids are the ones who turn the wheel forward. Stop trying to hold them back.

if your kids are anything like you, I can't imagine why they would have trouble socially

Your imagination is pure garbage, so regardless of what you can or can’t imagine, it worth nothing. I’m sure you’re a storm trooper.

you really are a gem. Hopefully your snowflake doesn't take after you

You know who you are: just a skilless loser, trying to bully your way through life.

You are proving some of her point by assuming that kids in gen ed are less bright and losers. Way to go PP!

I’m not talking about any kids being losers. Just the sour grape poster, who clearly is.

[Anonymous]

LOLOLOL Okay, OP, whatever makes you feel better about yourself and your child. If you want to think that everyone is jealous, go right away. ROTFL

[Anonymous]

The problem is not with truly gifted children, it is with the way AAP includes non-gifted children, many of whom are equal or less gifted than children in general education classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is so much hate for gifted kids in this form.

This clearly reflects the sentiment you all have in real life.

Gifted kids need an appropriate education, and unfortunately they’re not receiving it from public schools in the Dc area. Every aspect of education is being watered down, and aap is no exception.

So many of you share the sentiment that if you didn’t like it, go to private. That’s just plain hate and jealousy.

Gifted kids are the ones who turn the wheel forward. Stop trying to hold them back.

Then you should push for FCPS to have a true gifted and talented program, rather than "advanced academics." That would probably serve your child better, if he/she is truly gifted.

[Anonymous]

The problem is that AAP isn’t a gifted program per se. FCPS does a garbage job of gifted education and dresses up more work as an actual gifted curriculum. Gifted education isn’t piling on work and AAP is not gifted education.

If FCPS were any good at gifted ed, they wouldn’t be continually failing 2e kids like mine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, if your kid was really one of the 2% "gifted" children, you wouldn't be posting this. I suspect that you have spent a lot of time and money on test prep and want a return on your investment. I'm sure your kid is smart and you should spend more time figuring out how to maximize their opportunities within the school system...or go private.

I am op. As it happens, my kids are profoundly gifted, in AAP, and without any prep whatsoever (unless you call Legos and other toys prep.)

I had such high hopes that the AAP program would serve my children adequately, and waited so eagerly for it, and it doesn’t. We’re still in public school, because so far we think that there is a real life benefit there, such as being around all kinds of kids, as we believe that everyone has something valuable to offer. Having said that, AAP is a joke, and it’s only gonna get worse. No one is thinking of the real gifted kids, and they’re pretending to care by abolishing AAP. What needs to be done is more differentiation, so the really smart kids can be served, which is also their constitutional right. I don’t care if it’s not economical to do so. We serve the mentally handicapped because it’s the humane thing to do, but let the gifted fall through the cracks because it’s not economically feasible.

I’m so surprised to read all the hate for AAP kids in all those other threads. You’re not well equipped and qualified to know who is gifted and who isn’t. This area is full of gifted parents, who only naturally would have more gifted kids than the general population. You can’t compare the gifted rate of rural America to the ultra urban environment we live in.

The point is to serve all the kids, not to compromise. The gifted kids do move the wheel forward in their respective areas: science, leadership, etc. The rest are followers. There is nothing wrong with being a follower, but so many teach their kids that they are snowflakes that’ll never fall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find the whole argument that the “real” gifted 2% should have a special “real” gifted program so dumb (how ironic!). If we have the choice between serving 20 smart kids pretty well or serving 2 children perfectly and 18 not at all, then the choice is an economic one. Nobody wants to join the club that would have them as a member, and parents of gifted children are not the exception to that rule.

Your kid must be one of those 18!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LOLOLOL Okay, OP, whatever makes you feel better about yourself and your child. If you want to think that everyone is jealous, go right away. ROTFL

Are you on crack?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The problem is that the AAP program includes non gifted kids whose parents bought a summer of test prep, or online test prep, volunteer a lot at school, private test shopped, teacher butt kiss, or combination of these things. It's not a gifted program. It's an advanced academics program.

Where in OP did you read AAP?

[Anonymous]

AAP is just a big ol’ barrel of grease for squeaky wheel parents. As a private school parent I find the whole program absolutely appalling. You want your kids yanked outta gen pop? Great pay for it.

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Anonymous wrote:Gifted is top 2% IQ of a population. Not the top 20% most prepped, enriched, or just plain rich of a population.

And public education’s purpose is to educate the broad masses. You are entitled to a free education. Being more “culturally” obsessed with education does not entitle you to a better free education.

A child is entitled to a free and appropriate education.

[Anonymous]

We serve the mentally handicapped because it’s the humane thing to do? You are such an arrogant, clueless person OP. Maybe you should be worried about your kids social intelligence if they have you as an example.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There is so much hate for gifted kids in this form.

This clearly reflects the sentiment you all have in real life.

Gifted kids need an appropriate education, and unfortunately they’re not receiving it from public schools in the Dc area. Every aspect of education is being watered down, and aap is no exception.

So many of you share the sentiment that if you didn’t like it, go to private. That’s just plain hate and jealousy.

Gifted kids are the ones who turn the wheel forward. Stop trying to hold them back.

I have a gifted kid who is enough of an outlier that he couldn't be served by AAP. I still disagree with your point. The overwhelming majority of bright through moderately gifted kids are well served in AAP. It would be a logistical mess for FCPS to identify the kids who are solidly beyond AAP levels, group them in classes such that their areas of extreme giftedness align, and then bus elementary kids far from their neighborhoods for a mini-TJ type experience. If your kid is one of those kids, most private schools are not going to serve your child any better than the publics. The only real answer is homeschooling for at least elementary and possibly middle school.

So your kid couldn’t be served, but you know full well that other kids are adequately served! Most private schools are there for segregation, so naturally they won’t serve the gifted well. Most families in these area are two working parent families, and homeschool doesn’t work for them.

[Anonymous]

How do you know they are truly gifted or their parents just afforded them all the advantages of tutors, extra curricular activities, etc. that some other kids didn't get? Please.