did not test gifted

[Anonymous]

OP children that score in the high 120's usually are the straight A students so don't be concerned about that score. When the gifted programs started many years ago they were geared for the highly gifted. These children had difficulty in a regular classroom and did not make the best grades. It has been watered down over the years and now the high average students take most of the seats in the gifted classrooms. Typically the children that just miss the cut-off turn out to be the students with the best grades and class rank.

[Anonymous]

I am one of four children who all tested gifted in Georgia where the racial discrepancy in gifted placement is exceedingly high. DH, who is not American, tested gifted in his country. I don't care what the school system says about my children. I will raise them as the gifted children they are. OP, You should do the same if you know the test did not accurately reflect your son's abilities.

[Anonymous]

"I am one of four children who all tested gifted in Georgia where the racial discrepancy in gifted placement is exceedingly high."

There's a shocker!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, they are crammed to death like robots. It's not the worst kept secret, but actually reported and known that a lot of korean families break up where the father
stays in korea and the mom brings the kids to NoVA just because of TJ. It's sad, and many of the kids resent this when they grow up.

You are talking about very small group of Koreans, very wealthy and elite class of people who can afford to bring the kids to USA while dad stays in Korea. How do you know that they are crammed to death like robots? Maybe kids are very motivated. I lived in Asia for couple of years and that is the way of life for kids in most of Asian countries. Most of the Koreans are hard working people with very good family values and ethics. They are honest tax paying citizens of America. So stop with all this bashing.

I guess you don't know much about koreans and their cram schools.

you sound like angry Korean with low performing kid. Tsk Tsk

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, they are crammed to death like robots. It's not the worst kept secret, but actually reported and known that a lot of korean families break up where the father stays in korea and the mom brings the kids to NoVA just because of TJ. It's sad, and many of the kids resent this when they grow up.

do they pay taxes? if so, where's beef?

Why would a foreigner pay taxes if the wife has no job here? The husband is paying taxes in Korea.

then they'd need to be kicked out of the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, they are crammed to death like robots. It's not the worst kept secret, but actually reported and known that a lot of korean families break up where the father stays in korea and the mom brings the kids to NoVA just because of TJ. It's sad, and many of the kids resent this when they grow up.

do they pay taxes? if so, where's beef?

Why would a foreigner pay taxes if the wife has no job here? The husband is paying taxes in Korea.

then they'd need to be kicked out of the school.

I believe FCPS charge these kids to go to public school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, they are crammed to death like robots. It's not the worst kept secret, but actually reported and known that a lot of korean families break up where the father stays in korea and the mom brings the kids to NoVA just because of TJ. It's sad, and many of the kids resent this when they grow up.

do they pay taxes? if so, where's beef?

Why would a foreigner pay taxes if the wife has no job here? The husband is paying taxes in Korea.

then they'd need to be kicked out of the school.

I believe FCPS charge these kids to go to public school.

I meant tuition.

[Anonymous]

"I am looking for information for Grade 2 getting into FCPS AAP program for Grade 2 2011 - "

AAP services start in Grade 3 in FCPS so you will need to wait a year. Contact the school counselor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, they are crammed to death like robots. It's not the worst kept secret, but actually reported and known that a lot of korean families break up where the father
stays in korea and the mom brings the kids to NoVA just because of TJ. It's sad, and many of the kids resent this when they grow up.

You are talking about very small group of Koreans, very wealthy and elite class of people who can afford to bring the kids to USA while dad stays in Korea. How do you know that they are crammed to death like robots? Maybe kids are very motivated. I lived in Asia for couple of years and that is the way of life for kids in most of Asian countries. Most of the Koreans are hard working people with very good family values and ethics. They are honest tax paying citizens of America. So stop with all this bashing.

I guess you don't know much about koreans and their cram schools.

you sound like angry Korean with low performing kid. Tsk Tsk

You sound like you don't know much, especially not correct grammar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, they are crammed to death like robots. It's not the worst kept secret, but actually reported and known that a lot of korean families break up where the father stays in korea and the mom brings the kids to NoVA just because of TJ. It's sad, and many of the kids resent this when they grow up.

do they pay taxes? if so, where's beef?

Why would a foreigner pay taxes if the wife has no job here? The husband is paying taxes in Korea.

then they'd need to be kicked out of the school.

I believe FCPS charge these kids to go to public school.

Only if they live out of the county. These parents move into the county.

[Anonymous]

Really about Korean families breaking up to come here? Why don't they have their own cram schools like Japan?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Really about Korean families breaking up to come here? Why don't they have their own cram schools like Japan?

Korean families send their kids here so that they can go to the elite American colleges, which in their eyes are more prestigious than their country's universities.

[Anonymous]

I was Gifted & Talented from early elementary school on - they test earlier in Kansas. Frankly, I think I would have been better off just being smart and not gifted. I wasn't as challenged in my honors classes as some of the kids, but I had the time and energy for some extracurriculars, got good grades, did well on my SAT's, got a scholarship to a good college and was well prepared for college. The kids who were smart but not gifted did just as well as I did; they all went to college, most graduated, and they all have good jobs now. Try not to place too much stock in whether he's labeled gifted or not - it's not the end-all, be-all. And I don't think it has much to do with college applications, admission to TJ, etc. If he's at all motivated, he'll get plenty out of school whether he's "gifted" or "just really smart."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was Gifted & Talented from early elementary school on - they test earlier in Kansas. Frankly, I think I would have been better off just being smart and not gifted. I wasn't as challenged in my honors classes as some of the kids, but I had the time and energy for some extracurriculars, got good grades, did well on my SAT's, got a scholarship to a good college and was well prepared for college. The kids who were smart but not gifted did just as well as I did; they all went to college, most graduated, and they all have good jobs now. Try not to place too much stock in whether he's labeled gifted or not - it's not the end-all, be-all. And I don't think it has much to do with college applications, admission to TJ, etc. If he's at all motivated, he'll get plenty out of school whether he's "gifted" or "just really smart."

I agree with almost all of this but do think you'll find a disproportionate percentage of the TJ admissions go to kids from the area's middle school GT programs.

[Anonymous]

PP: it is true that GT correlates to admission to TJ, but it is not clear to me if that is because any student that might be admitted to TJ was already in the GT program. It is not clear if the difference is because of the school or the kid.