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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I am talking about second grade CogATs for AAP. If your kid has to prep for the CogAT to get in, they do not belong. Period. [/quote]

Yeh right.  Tell that to all the 8 and unders preparing and training to make the A team on the swim team, Pop Warner teams, Little league  and other flag ship teams.  The second grade is not different than the PhD defense.  Ironically, the emotions can be identical for the individual or subject no matter the age, grade or  level.

Michael Phelps and Kobe Bryant would laugh at you discouraging them from preparation and training for their task -- even at the second grade level!  Those kids were honing their craft for 5 to 10 hours a week even at that tender age.  I doubt you claim Phelps and Kobe don't belong because they prepped rather than watched videos. 
   
 
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Your comparison doesn't make sense. AAP is the training. The athletes you mentioned had natural skill and they worked with coaches to hone those skills. AAP is supposed to be about have the ability naturally and the classes are supposed to be the coaching to make sure they reach their potential.

[/quote][list]+1  But no one will hear this.  [/quote]

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