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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]TJ as it known now is for sure done, and good riddance! Next up: AAP admissions reform.

I don’t know why families thought they could cheat their way through a system meant for *actually* gifted students by starting test prep in elementary school (or earlier). News flash: if your child preps for a 2nd grade cognitive assessment, the score is invalid, and your child is not “exceptionally gifted”.[/quote]

Let me clue you in, nobody is "cheating", at least by your definition of prepping. I'll give you an anecdotal example: According to your theory, my kid was cheating because I gave them a sample Cogat workbook last year in 2nd grade. Guess what, he got into AAP and now finds it hilariously easy still, i.e not much different than 2nd grade regular classes. And before you counter with something stupid like: well he's "naturally gifted", I can assure you that he's not. Would he have had high enough scores if I had not even given him a sample test to practice? I don't know. But frankly I wouldn't take the risk of not "prepping" at all for something important, when there is no downside (he was perfectly fine with spending 2 hrs on it), and all pure upside.

The word "gifted" is stupid and many people like you are relying on it to effectively turn off kids natural, sponge-like ability to learn. Keep doing that and you're handicapping yourself by allowing yourself to believe that natural ability trumps effort. Pretty soon you'll say that you've "plateaued" without bothering to even try.[/quote]

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