Just Trolling Around
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Anonymous
| AAP in elementary and middle should be abolished! The snowflakes pretty much all "melt" together in middle school. A few sink and a few swim but AAP in elementary school does not make one successful and I am not convinced it is even beneficial. Such extreme focus on academics at such a young age has to be detrimental to the social and intellectual development of such young children. Kids need to have fun at 7 not prepare for college! They can start preparing for college in AP middle school classes. Your children will be more successful from watching you be successful in work, play, and social awareness, not in a school book. Teaching them that they are "smarter than others" will only prepare them for future failures and let downs and most likely shutdowns. You all give me indigestion! I think I will go sit outside and watch my kids play while I have a glass of tea and ENJOY this short life we have. |
Anonymous
well at least you admit you are just trolling 
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Anonymous
| Middle school doesn't offer AP classes. |
Anonymous
| Drink some wine, you live longer. |
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I'm drinking tea too and laughing that you think the AAP program requires "extreme focus on academics," preparing for college at age 7 and no playing outside. Maybe you don't realize that for many kids, the AAP program is still pretty easy & not stressful; the workload in elementary is not much more and if anything it might be just a bit more enjoyable in school for kids who need it.
Sounds like you are much more stressed than I or my AAP kids. |
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| Hum...Need it??? That is the question. |
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This forum is a lot more boring now that you all have got it all to yourselves!
BTW, middle school most certainly does offer advanced classes and "selective" centers offer the AAP program. |
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Anonymous
AAP middle school classes are identical to honors classes, as much as FCPS (and some parents) want you to believe otherwise. |
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I don't believe it since it really is the kids in the class who make all the difference; not just the curriculum. |
Anonymous
Just not true. Depth, pace, peer group, extensions, etc. -- different program. Teachers of both most certainly believe their AAP and honors classes are different. |
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Then why the waste of resources? |
Anonymous
I think you would be hard pressed to figure out if the same teacher was teaching AAP Honors Science or Honors Science. |
Anonymous
the teacher can be the same; the curriculum may be the same; but the kids themselves are not the same. That makes all the difference. |
Anonymous
Here's a big eyeroll for you: The fact that you believe these kids are vastly different is seriously delusional. My child, a very smart Gen Ed student while in elementary school, takes all honors classes in middle school. The Honors English teacher sent an email to the parents a couple of weeks ago, saying she had rarely taught such motivated, intelligent, interesting kids in prior Honors classes. And she has taught all over the county, including in two "center" schools. The kids who choose to take honors classes in middle school, and AP classes in high school, are exactly that: motivated, intelligent, and interesting. Regardless of some silly label given to them while in elementary school.
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