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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]My kids are at one of the supposedly "good" centers. The peers are strong students, there are plenty of excellent opportunities, the expectations are high. The teaching is inconsistent, to put it nicely. I am very disappointed. I have no doubt that Nysmith and others do a better job, regardless of whether or not the kids there did or didn't get into AAP. Look, I am sure there aren't a lot of 150 IQ kids at any of the schools. Most "gifted" kids are a little above average kids from households that value education. So a kid scores a 125 vs 140 on the CoGat--big deal. Certainly mine fit into that broad category and AAP is a breeze for them.

There are a number of reasons to choose public over private but I don't doubt that the Nysmith kids are getting a better education.[/quote]

My two kids are also at a "good" center, and it is overcrowded -- 30 kids per AAP class and many classes are in trailers.  It's a much better fit than GenEd, but my highly gifted kid is bored and, ironically, struggling because she checks out and stops trying.  She needs a much smaller environment but we can't afford private.  My moderately gifted high achiever is thriving.[/quote]

I have a kid with a 150 iq in aap. Granted, the classes are not huge (21 in this kid’s fifth grade class) but he never checks out. He will come home with math papers where on the sides you can see he figured things out different ways (same problem, figured out 2-3 different ways). He’ll do the same with other subjects. I will say that if your kid is in third grade or fourth grade it isnt that hard. [/quote]

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