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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It isn't just my school, it's much of the area.

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No, it is not.  But some people, especially on DCUM, want to give the impression that it is.[/quote]

I think it is much of the area. A friend's younger DC was found eligible for AAP, when an older sibling had not been. Immediately the older sibling said "They shouldn't have that." The older DC thought AAP should not exist because it made the kids not part of it feel stupid. That family lives many miles from us within the county, but the same feelings exist in both places. Luckily my DC was found eligible, but I would have been very disappointed had the decision gone the other way, especially being at a center school and seeing all the AAP kids and activities happening all around.

Not sure what the answer is since, as others have said, kids do know who is doing well academically even within their own class (for example, who is in the "highest" reading group, the only one to start out second grade reading books without pictures). And it is good to have more challenge for those able to advance more quickly. I try to convey to my kids that different people are good at different things. Some might be quicker academically but others better at sports, music, art, theatre, etc. The most academically gifted don't necessarily achieve the most success in life -- they don't necessarily make the most money, have the happiest marriages, have the sunniest outlook. I have seen lots of hard-working, cheerful, nonprocrastinating average people go farther in life than those who did better academically in earlier years.

OP, I'm glad that your DD got into AAP since it meant so much to her![/quote]

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