Neglected gifted child
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Anonymous
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"if, in education, we focus on steering all extra money and attention toward kids who are struggling academically, or even just to the average student, we risk shortchanging the country in a different way."
http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2014/03/15/the-poor-neglected-gifted-child/rJpv8G4oeawWBBvXVtZyFM/story.html |
Anonymous
| They haven't been to Fairfax County! LOL |
Anonymous
Uhhh... Exactly what is happening in NOVA |
Anonymous
+1,000,000 FCPS makes the "gifted" child their focus, above and beyond all others. And now apparently "gifted" includes any child who is slightly above average. I think those kids have received more than enough attention. |
Anonymous
Agree. Budget cuts galore but they won't drop AAP or FLES. Wouldn't want the rich kids to have a harder time getting into an Ivy. Or to not be fluent in Japanese or German. |
Anonymous
Agree -- they should cut band and strings in elementary school, too. |
Anonymous
| Cut AAP completely before you cut music and languages. Jesus. Priorities, people. |
Anonymous
| You guys have only one thought. Kill AAP. It would be nice of you had some facts to back up your passion. |
Anonymous
My facts: Something has to be cut. AAP should be at the top before a number of other things, certainly before music, arts, and sports programs. |
Anonymous
| Kill AAP. It is a farce, anyway. |
Anonymous
| Don't cut it. But reduce numbers significantly with only gifted kids in AAP. |
Anonymous
| Kill sports programs and focus on academics as they are supposed to. |
Anonymous
COMPLETELY agree. |
Anonymous
Why not? Most of the kids in AAP aren't gifted, anyway. |
Anonymous
I honestly can't comprehend what FCPS is thinking, allowing AAP to become such a mess. A few years ago, when it was GT and only took kids who were actually gifted, it wasn't as much of a problem. But the way it is run now is just a farce, as a PP aptly put it. |