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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No. First, AAP centers go through middle school. Second, and more importantly, abundant research and experience shows that children develop best when they are in environments, academic and social, where they can be themselves. Trying to force themselves to be someone they are not doesn't work out too well for them individually, or for society. Once they have a strong inner foundation, developed in those early school years, they can more easily adapt to those unlike themselves. 
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Giftedness, by its definition, is not normal. But homogeneity isn't a particularly worthy goal, anyhow. [/quote]

Beautifully put! An excellent post that sums it up nicely.

OP, please don't think that AAP centers are isolated hothouses for "quirkiness." I know some of the general ed students at our child's school (she's in AAP) and I find that these general ed kids can be as delightfully and happily quirky as any AAP kids!

And in our school, especially in the sixth grade, there is a LOT of interaction between AAP and general ed sixth graders: They do a sixth grade play that mixes them together plenty, from September to February; they all take a four-day camping trip together and are totally mixed for that, and it gives them a lot of friendships that cross any AAP-general ed "boundary"; they mix on the playground at recess and in certain classes every week; etc. Even without things like the play or the camping trip, I know that a lot of schools mix general ed and AAP students for a number of classes and events.

The post seems to indicate you worry that an AAP center student is somehow not going to be able to cope with "regular" kids due to being with other AAP kids, but believe me, they're fine. And as this other person noted: AAP does continue into middle school, and in middle school I know that schools also mix AAP and general ed students in electives, gym and other places. Don't let this worry you at all. [/quote]

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