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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is one of the reasons why I am very pro AAP.

I have several highly gifted and profoundly gifted family members including my father who have really struggled through life. Their struggles started when they were young, and for my father specifically elementary (getting in trouble for reading ahead, losing opportunities for which he was the most qualified for because he was so dang annoying/no it all, getting used for his smarts and dumped afterwards, never fitting in because he was interested in so many different things than most kids, etc.)

The absolute best thing AAP did for my ki and kids like him was to provide enough of a peer group that he was just one of the kids, which enabled him to have the time to even his emotional social skills with his intellect. It is still uneven, but not in the way it would have been without AAP.

I am so grateful to fcps that they have a program like this. It really made a difference for my kid who is at the upper edges of intellect.

That is why I fiercely defend and advocate for AAP as it currently stands. It may catch a wider net than some would like. But the benefits to kids at the top with EQ at or below typical levels, elememtary AAP is an invaluable program.

My kid is heading off to high school so this is my experience through the rear view mirror.[/quote]

Hate to break this to you, but AAP is not anywhere near HG or PG.  It's not even near the "upper edges of intellect." [/quote]

You clearly are not highly gifted either as you lack reading comprehension.

Try reading again.

My kid is who I am talking about.  You are so fixated on hating AAP that you can't even hold a rational conversation without jumping to your anti AAP biases.[/quote]

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