Stop hating on gifted kids.

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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.

No. You are wrong about this.

Why? If you’re not a leader, you’re a follower. What’s wrong with followers?

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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

Let me guess... because your kids are like you? Trying to bully whoever appears just a bit different whenever they get a chance?

DP. Wow! This op is just a firecracker! If her kiddo is "gifted" it sure isn't because of OP's genes! LOL, look in the mirror OP! Accusing someone of being a bully! LOL! LOL! LOL!

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Anonymous wrote:I feel so sorry for your kids.

Adding.....to have you as a parent.

You’ve been feeling sorry all along this thread. Don’t weep too much. Have some warm tea and go to bed. Little girls like you mustn’t stay up so late.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel so sorry for your kids.

Adding.....to have you as a parent.

You’ve been feeling sorry all along this thread. Don’t weep too much. Have some warm tea and go to bed. Little girls like you mustn’t stay up so late.

I really feel sorry for your kids, but I also wonder if you are just trolling to start an argument.

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haters gonna hate was me, not OP.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel so sorry for your kids.

Adding.....to have you as a parent.

You’ve been feeling sorry all along this thread. Don’t weep too much. Have some warm tea and go to bed. Little girls like you mustn’t stay up so late.

I really feel sorry for your kids, but I also wonder if you are just trolling to start an argument.

If you feel so sorry, and you insist, feel free to wire me at least $500k, so I can provide for them better. It’ll be great help.

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State law requires local school districts to provide for the educational needs of gifted children. FCPS are doing a poor job of it. I agree people are hating on gifted kids, but it's because they don't believe they are gifted, but rather their parents gamed the AAP process. I think that is the problem. And truly gifted kids are forgotten.
https://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/gifted_ed/

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Anonymous wrote:I feel so sorry for your kids.

Adding.....to have you as a parent.

You’ve been feeling sorry all along this thread. Don’t weep too much. Have some warm tea and go to bed. Little girls like you mustn’t stay up so late.

I really feel sorry for your kids, but I also wonder if you are just trolling to start an argument.

If you feel so sorry, and you insist, feel free to wire me at least $500k, so I can provide for them better. It’ll be great help.

If you want what's best for your child, be kind and humble. Teach your child humility and being amicable, not braggery and lashing out. Be swift to hear, but slow to speak.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel so sorry for your kids.

Adding.....to have you as a parent.

You’ve been feeling sorry all along this thread. Don’t weep too much. Have some warm tea and go to bed. Little girls like you mustn’t stay up so late.

I really feel sorry for your kids, but I also wonder if you are just trolling to start an argument.

If you feel so sorry, and you insist, feel free to wire me at least $500k, so I can provide for them better. It’ll be great help.

If you want what's best for your child, be kind and humble. Teach your child humility and being amicable, not braggery and lashing out. Be swift to hear, but slow to speak.

Blah blah blah

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Anonymous wrote: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.

If you believe in science, science tells you that you can’t prep for an IQ test. That’s science. It’s the same science that tells us that we are genetically the same regardless of race. Now if you don’t believe in science, that’s your problem.

The post wasn't about IQ tests. Reading is fundamental...

In your case writing is more than fundamental. I guess because of your subpar skills, that’s how you know White privilege is real.

The thread is about gifted kids. You’re talking about prepping. Giftedness so far is measured with IQ. What prepping are you talking about?

So you really think gifted isn't directly related to all the extras that children receive from their parents?

I believe in science! Do you?

I do! https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/do-iq-tests-actually-measure-intelligence

I'm confused why they claim the tests are biased against black and hispanic students but not asian students.

Black and hispanic culture are more similar to eurocentric cultures both culturally and linguistically than asian cultures.

^Source?

Hahah you're joking or have never thought much on the topic.

American black and hispanic cultures have a common religion, a common history, common connections to europe. The ancient cultures of greece and rome have effected those cultures. They have common writing systems, language ancestry being speakers of western european languages influenced by romance and germanic language.

Asian cultures do not have any if that plus an entirely different set of linguistic scripts, confucian derived cultures with considerations of face, different concepts of heirarchy, and different levels of precision of language based on the country.

[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.

Use your intellect to find a better school for your child if you don't like yours. It's not hate, it's taking reasonable action to solve a problem.

As the saying goes - Don't stay in the problem, be in the solution.

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All children are gifted.

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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.

You're missing two words there: "and appropriate." What's appropriate for gifted kids is determined by the school district, not by seethingly jealous moms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All children are gifted.

Nope. All children have gifts. All children are most assuredly not intellectually gifted.

Knew it was just a matter of time before someone threw out this tired, dumb platitude. Have it crocheted on a pillow, next to "Live, Laugh, Love."

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Anonymous wrote: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.

If you believe in science, science tells you that you can’t prep for an IQ test. That’s science. It’s the same science that tells us that we are genetically the same regardless of race. Now if you don’t believe in science, that’s your problem.

The post wasn't about IQ tests. Reading is fundamental...

In your case writing is more than fundamental. I guess because of your subpar skills, that’s how you know White privilege is real.

The thread is about gifted kids. You’re talking about prepping. Giftedness so far is measured with IQ. What prepping are you talking about?

So you really think gifted isn't directly related to all the extras that children receive from their parents?

I believe in science! Do you?

I do! https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/do-iq-tests-actually-measure-intelligence

I'm confused why they claim the tests are biased against black and hispanic students but not asian students.

Black and hispanic culture are more similar to eurocentric cultures both culturally and linguistically than asian cultures.

^Source?

Hahah you're joking or have never thought much on the topic.

American black and hispanic cultures have a common religion, a common history, common connections to europe. The ancient cultures of greece and rome have effected those cultures. They have common writing systems, language ancestry being speakers of western european languages influenced by romance and germanic language.

Asian cultures do not have any if that plus an entirely different set of linguistic scripts, confucian derived cultures with considerations of face, different concepts of heirarchy, and different levels of precision of language based on the country.

Could it possibly be that blacks and hispanics are/were being overlooked by teachers identifying G&T students more so than white and asian students?