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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Top athletes are being "prepped" as well. By top, I mean the very best in any league in any sport in our area. They have parents who played D1, D2, or D3 and spend time with their kids perfecting the sport, working on them from a very young age. Some can even afford to get trainers for additional workouts....It's the same game, people. Just the sport happens to be academia. So stop complaining. [/quote]

Prepping for an aptitude test makes the tests unreliable. When kids who are gifted are losing out on gifted education because other kids are being prepped, parents have the right to complain, just like you do. [/quote]

HA! So then prepping for a tryout makes the tryout unreliable?? When kids that are athletic are losing out on spots at top teams in the DMV because John was prepared/conditioned to excel from an early age, how many parents' complain? NONE.

Because oh John is just "naturally talented".   :roll:

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Giftedness is a type of neurodivergence. There are supposed to be gifted education classes to meet the needs of gifted kids. FCPS essentially provides advanced classes, not gifted education support— in part because of all this prepping. Bless you if you do not need to understand the difference. [/quote]

Oh, so you don't like the parallel between prepping for an academic test and prepping for sports? And therefore, you are making this about "giftedness" and what "FCPS provides." You have the choice of completely opting out of all tests if you do not like the format or offerings. But here you are, complaining on an AAP forum about the "advanced support" that kids receive because parents are "prepping" and how that's diluting the service offerings and keeping gifted kids from getting in.

My point is simple, its preparing to excel at something else. It isn't all that different. Namaste!

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You are rationalizing unethical behavior. It's ok to get a book and review a couple of tests to make sure the kid is not making silly errors from not having encountered such a format before, but to attend multi-week classes or force your kid to complete 10+ tests so that you can game the score... well, you know why it's not all about the scores. Because no one thinks that getting a 160 via that path is meaningful.

I'm glad I didn't go that route (I would have felt guilty and bad for my kid). My kid's scores were not out of this world but were good enough and meant something.

And going back to your sports analogy, no one likes athletes who cheat and you are talking about cheating.[/quote]

No, I am not referring to D1 parents coaching their kids from a very young age, or getting trainers as cheating. I am absolutely not! You are missing the point. People prep their kids. My issue is the hate when people make a big stink with academic "prepping" and call it "unethical". You are "prepping" your kid because you can and want to for whatever reason. Be it sports, be it school tests. Its your decision.

Parents are spending thousands on trainers, league fees, sports travel which is giving their kids a head start. That is their PRIORITY. And guess what, my child as a result, is losing spot on a nationally recognized baseball team. BUT I live with that decision. I take my time and $$ and spend on education. Why the bitterness??[/quote]

You are ridiculous and trying to blur the line between prepping and actually cheating. I'm sorry that you don't understand the difference (or pretend not to in order to spare yourself the shame). [/quote]

Prepping tests/competitions is not cheating, only those parents don't have the ability to prep their kids would complain those prepping their kids. even if a kid is supper smart, and the parents not doing any prepping for math contest/competition, that kid won't do well in those contest/competition. [/quote]

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