Why is the GT program in APS so anemic?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elementary school parenting is a blip on the radar of your life. You all will learn soon enough that what you are doing here is sweating the small stuff. None of it means anything.

High school parents here, I strongly disagree. These are fundamental skills, and you were building a love of learning or associating school with boredom.

Funny. Truly gifted kids will love learning what they’re passionate about. Most learn in spite of teachers. Parents just want to brag about their kids being gifted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elementary school parenting is a blip on the radar of your life. You all will learn soon enough that what you are doing here is sweating the small stuff. None of it means anything.

High school parents here, I strongly disagree. These are fundamental skills, and you were building a love of learning or associating school with boredom.

Funny. Truly gifted kids will love learning what they’re passionate about. Most learn in spite of teachers. Parents just want to brag about their kids being gifted.

Most want to brag about their kid being bored.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elementary school parenting is a blip on the radar of your life. You all will learn soon enough that what you are doing here is sweating the small stuff. None of it means anything.

High school parents here, I strongly disagree. These are fundamental skills, and you were building a love of learning or associating school with boredom.

Funny. Truly gifted kids will love learning what they’re passionate about. Most learn in spite of teachers. Parents just want to brag about their kids being gifted.

I guess that’s what you tell yourself for letting your kid have sub par elementary education.

No idea why you want to put obstacles in your child’s path in life; if the school basically makes them sit idle for 6 hrs a day, that is squandering so much potential learning time. That’s what our elem does; our kid is advanced (no coaching or home teaching here) so spends a lot of time on their own while teacher spends most of the day with the kids who struggle. Maybe we get a little extra time on the computer, yay!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elementary school parenting is a blip on the radar of your life. You all will learn soon enough that what you are doing here is sweating the small stuff. None of it means anything.

High school parents here, I strongly disagree. These are fundamental skills, and you were building a love of learning or associating school with boredom.

Funny. Truly gifted kids will love learning what they’re passionate about. Most learn in spite of teachers. Parents just want to brag about their kids being gifted.

That's nonsense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elementary school parenting is a blip on the radar of your life. You all will learn soon enough that what you are doing here is sweating the small stuff. None of it means anything.

High school parents here, I strongly disagree. These are fundamental skills, and you were building a love of learning or associating school with boredom.

Funny. Truly gifted kids will love learning what they’re passionate about. Most learn in spite of teachers. Parents just want to brag about their kids being gifted.

That's nonsense.

Gifted kids will read and learn vocabulary and facts but you need a teacher to, for example, teach you how to write different kinds of papers--how to identify a good research question, construct a thesis statement, evaluate evidence, etc. I got 1500 on the SATs but got to college without knowing how to write a paper because I had lousy teachers in high school and they didn't offer any AP classes except for calculus, bio, and chem. Or on the science side -- I killed it on exams throughout high school but had no idea how to design my own project because we always just followed the instructions we were given. There is so much wasted talent because schools are happy when there are kids that aren't much work for them, that just do well and don't need help and get good scores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elementary school parenting is a blip on the radar of your life. You all will learn soon enough that what you are doing here is sweating the small stuff. None of it means anything.

High school parents here, I strongly disagree. These are fundamental skills, and you were building a love of learning or associating school with boredom.

Funny. Truly gifted kids will love learning what they’re passionate about. Most learn in spite of teachers. Parents just want to brag about their kids being gifted.

That's nonsense.

Gifted kids will read and learn vocabulary and facts but you need a teacher to, for example, teach you how to write different kinds of papers--how to identify a good research question, construct a thesis statement, evaluate evidence, etc. I got 1500 on the SATs but got to college without knowing how to write a paper because I had lousy teachers in high school and they didn't offer any AP classes except for calculus, bio, and chem. Or on the science side -- I killed it on exams throughout high school but had no idea how to design my own project because we always just followed the instructions we were given. There is so much wasted talent because schools are happy when there are kids that aren't much work for them, that just do well and don't need help and get good scores.

Sorry, I was agreeing with the person who said it's nonsense that gifted students will love learning what they're passionate about. Gifted kids need to be educated as well as other kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elementary school parenting is a blip on the radar of your life. You all will learn soon enough that what you are doing here is sweating the small stuff. None of it means anything.

High school parents here, I strongly disagree. These are fundamental skills, and you were building a love of learning or associating school with boredom.

Funny. Truly gifted kids will love learning what they’re passionate about. Most learn in spite of teachers. Parents just want to brag about their kids being gifted.

That passion and love means they'll want to know more, go deeper, and probably will grasp the basic concepts more quickly than their more typical peers. That's the point of a true GT program or a regular classroom that allows teachers to really differentiate. Meet each kid where they are. You'll see the difference in the way they engage when they're being challenged. Clearly you don't get it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elementary school parenting is a blip on the radar of your life. You all will learn soon enough that what you are doing here is sweating the small stuff. None of it means anything.

High school parents here, I strongly disagree. These are fundamental skills, and you were building a love of learning or associating school with boredom.

Funny. Truly gifted kids will love learning what they’re passionate about. Most learn in spite of teachers. Parents just want to brag about their kids being gifted.

That's nonsense.

Gifted kids will read and learn vocabulary and facts but you need a teacher to, for example, teach you how to write different kinds of papers--how to identify a good research question, construct a thesis statement, evaluate evidence, etc. I got 1500 on the SATs but got to college without knowing how to write a paper because I had lousy teachers in high school and they didn't offer any AP classes except for calculus, bio, and chem. Or on the science side -- I killed it on exams throughout high school but had no idea how to design my own project because we always just followed the instructions we were given. There is so much wasted talent because schools are happy when there are kids that aren't much work for them, that just do well and don't need help and get good scores.

Sorry, I was agreeing with the person who said it's nonsense that gifted students will love learning what they're passionate about. Gifted kids need to be educated as well as other kids.

Completely agree. In elementary, teachers either professed to love my kid because “he’s just so easy” or were annoyed when he would ask too many follow up questions or try to expand on the subject. Elementary science was mostly non-existent, but what was taught drove my kid nuts because he couldn’t understand why teachers would insist that there are only 3 states of matter. It sounds ridiculous to adults, but trying to teach a little kid to smile and nod and give the teacher the answer they want to hear is soul crushing.

[Anonymous]

So where in VA is a district with a "good" GT program? If APS is anemic, what's the non-anemic one?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So where in VA is a district with a "good" GT program? If APS is anemic, what's the non-anemic one?

isn't Fairfax better?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So where in VA is a district with a "good" GT program? If APS is anemic, what's the non-anemic one?

FCPS AAP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So where in VA is a district with a "good" GT program? If APS is anemic, what's the non-anemic one?

This is why parents choose which school district they want their kids to go to. APS is known for certain things and FCPS is known for certain things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So where in VA is a district with a "good" GT program? If APS is anemic, what's the non-anemic one?

This is why parents choose which school district they want their kids to go to. APS is known for certain things and FCPS is known for certain things.

Wait, what is APS known for??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elementary school parenting is a blip on the radar of your life. You all will learn soon enough that what you are doing here is sweating the small stuff. None of it means anything.

High school parents here, I strongly disagree. These are fundamental skills, and you were building a love of learning or associating school with boredom.

Funny. Truly gifted kids will love learning what they’re passionate about. Most learn in spite of teachers. Parents just want to brag about their kids being gifted.

I guess that’s what you tell yourself for letting your kid have sub par elementary education.

No idea why you want to put obstacles in your child’s path in life; if the school basically makes them sit idle for 6 hrs a day, that is squandering so much potential learning time. That’s what our elem does; our kid is advanced (no coaching or home teaching here) so spends a lot of time on their own while teacher spends most of the day with the kids who struggle. Maybe we get a little extra time on the computer, yay!

Gifted kids tend to flame out in college/grad school because they never learned study skills.

[Anonymous]

This is why parents choose which school district they want their kids to go to. APS is known for certain things and FCPS is known for certain things.



Wait, what is APS known for??

For being closer to DC.