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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP. I do wonder, though, if it is more likely in LIV for children to become (or to already be) more preoccupied with achieving and competition with peers. Ideally, AAP should provide enrichment and opportunities for academic and intellectual growth rather than nurturing an obsession with being the best, the smartest, etc. (Well, ideally for me, at least.)

[b]It's possible that the latter is inevitable just because of the orientation of certain parents. [/b][/quote]

Yes.  That ship has sailed.  AAP kids are told as soon as they are accepted into AAP that they are "special" and "smarter" than Gen Ed.  It's absolutely absurd, considering the vast majority of all these kids overlap somewhere in the middle.  FCPS has done no one any favors by sorting them into two groups by the third grade.  It's a broken system.[/quote]

My point was more that *some* parents may focus intensely on this but not all parents. I certainly wouldn't. I know others out there who just want their kid to be challenged and engaged but do not care for competition. I think it's easy to say it's AAP that causes or reinforces this but I'm skeptical that this is true. If there was no AAP do you really think things would be different?[/quote]

If there was no AAP, but instead a very, very selective GT program (as there used to be), then yes - I absolutely think things would be different.  The vast majority of kids would be in Gen Ed (which could be beefed up), and the very few truly gifted kids would be in GT.  This is how it was when I was in school and there was no resentment because everyone understood that a few kids actually needed a special program - but that everyone else was more or less "the same."  The current AAP model makes it seem as if half of the kids are "gifted" and the other half are not.  Nothing could be further from the truth, especially as we can all see these same kids in the same classes (and colleges) once they hit high school. [/quote]

But HS is when work ethic and good executive functioning comes into effect, especially Junior year. Lots of kids who were in AAP crash and burn in HS when they don't put in the work  or can't organize a paper and hardworking, smart kids who were not in AAP shine just as bright or brighter.

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