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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]AAP is not about success in high school, it is about addressing the needs of very high IQ students in the younger grades to keep them engaged, rather than have them check out or disrupt classes from boredom. By high school, they have matured enough, and can take honors or AP or IB classes, that AAP is no longer needed.

It's also about providing those students with a peer group, do that they are not isolated. [/quote]

Having gone through AAP myself, I completely agree with this.  Spent some time in gen ed, and was often bored.  The pace was slower than I needed, the work was not as challenging, and there wasn't as much time for more indepth learning or exploring because the teacher had to spend time making sure everyone had mastered the essentials.  It can be painful to sit through an additional 20 minutes of instruction for something that you understood in the first 2.

Had I stayed in gen ed, I don't think it would have mattered long term as far as success or achievement.  But if I had the choice to be a "star" in gen ed, versus run of the mill in AAP, I would choose the AAP experience.  Also had easier and deeper friendships with AAP classmates.[/quote]

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