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In my opinion, yes -- AAP will be  a good fit for a laid back kid who is also bright.

The amount of coursework that AAP kids are assigned varies by teacher. Some teachers pile on the homework and others hardly give any. It is probably not any different than general ed.

Some of the AAP parents are very competitive but I have not seen anything to indicate that their kids are the same way. AAP students are not going around waving their test scores into each others faces after each test saying things like, "Ha, you got a score of two. A two? How are you going to get in TJ now?" - it just does not happen. If some AAP kids are competitive they are competing aginst themselves or their parent's excpections but not against their friends at school.

At my son's, AAP center there is a lot of focus by the teachers on non-linear creative type projects (see the, "Why does Finland have the best school system?" thread) and less focus on getting the good grades although that has changed some in the last few weeks -- Thank you. Stupid SOLs!

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