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Those parents are fooling themselves.  It would take a special brand of obliviousness for a gifted 2nd grader to be reading long chapter books but not notice that the other kids are reading magic treehouse or easier.  Kids also notice which other kids usually know the answers in class and which ones don't.  The kids may not talk to their parents about school work or school groupings, but the kids have a pretty good notion of where they stand academically.  [/quote]

I agree there is a special kind of obliviousness that thinks only a gifted child can know answers or read long books. Plenty of children can work for it and do that, it doesn’t require giftedness. That’s exactly the point I make with my child.[i] Being gifted in and of itself really isn’t much despite people like you suggesting otherwise. Also AAP does not equal gifted.[/i][/quote]

PP here.  When did I suggest that being gifted means much or that AAP equals gifted?  The question was whether kids notice that they're very bright or notice that they've been identified for whatever services.  The answer is that yes, they notice if they're in AAP, are receiving APS G&T, are in the highest reading group, or grasp things much more quickly than other kids.  8 year olds aren't oblivious babies.  Even if a kid is academically advanced because (s)he has worked for it, the kid still notices that the work has paid off.[/quote]

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