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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have an AAP student at Carson this year and I met all their teachers before the school year.  Every single one had 10-20 years experience teaching AAP at Carson.  I find it hard to believe you get that kind of stability at most schools (but I can't speak for Herndon MS). Our elementary school certainly didn't.  
Carson is an AAP center so it draws AAP kids from outside its boundary. They have so many they can offer multiple instances of most all AAP classes, which allows your student to more easily fit in the other electives they may want.  It also had a reputation of being a TJ feeder school (more so before the TJ admission changes) so you have a lot of "tiger mom" families that specifically chose to go there. There is a much higher percentage of involved families who push their kids to do well. A lot of test-prepped and highly tutored kids too to make sure they made it into AAP and then to try to get into TJ.  That may or may not be a good thing, just stating what I know first hand.[/quote]

There are also a lot of kids who are not prepped at Carson who are smart and enjoy the Honors or AAP selections at the school. [/quote]
Yes, mine is one of them. I just know that many of his friends go to RSM or AoPS or Kumon, etc. Usually the same kids that make some of the after school clubs so competitive to get into like Science Olympiad or Math Counts.  They (their parents) want it on that TJ resume.[/quote]

In fairness, my kid goes to RSM and participates in Math Competitions, not because I want it on his resume but because he loves it. He has enjoyed math competitions since 4th grade and has participated on several different teams, through RSM and school. He participates in over 10 competitions a year. Each one is his choice.

And yes, that is what makes the teams competitive. Part of the reason parents choose Carson as a Center is because their kids who enjoy math competitions and the like will know other kids who enjoy the same thing. I am sure that some of the kids are doing it because their parents want them to but a large percentage are doing it because they like it. Most of my kids' friends think that he is a bit crazy and he is fine with that. None of them particiapted in enrichment and are doing great in AAp or Honors, almost all of them are taking Algebra 1 H, a few choose Math 7H. The school is a good mix of kids.

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