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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your kid is not going to be served well by going to AAP, do NOT push AAP on your kid.   It's not about bragging rights, it's about the child.

If your kid is better served by being in a regular class....there are many good reasons.   Please post them here.

But don't post falsehoods about AAP kids to make your point.   The kids aren't overloaded with projects or homework.  They aren't pushing us to go to TJ or join a math or chess club,  the kids do have time for afterschool activities,  the kids DO play and have fun and are silly.   [/quote]

Yes, please post the benefits of NOT being in an AAP program, especially for kids who are close or borderline.  (We know there are plenty of threads with people either being hysterical about getting into the program or people bashing others for trying to get their child in.)

And to the poster I quoted, I just had a conversation this week with a woman whose child was staying up late trying to get two projects done for 3rd grade AAP and the mom wanted to go to bed.  The child also got an "N" for the first time when s/he was used to getting "Os."  This was not an appeal admittance (if that's what you're thinking).  [b]The mom was wondering what they had gotten themselves into.  [/b]So, these are not falsehoods.  These are real life examples of the downside of AAP.[/quote]

Getting an N wouldn't be particularly shocking if the child was just used to be on top of the world and finds himself/herself with kids who are his peers or in some cases far more advanced. Also, struggling with assignments and projects could be due to terrible organizational skills, a habit of procrastinating, slow processing speeds or other factors that are independent of cognitive skills. While the child did well on the tests and received high GBRS in an environment that didn't challenge him/her much, he could actually be struggling when faced with tasks that require effort.
Finally, not being an appeal admittance is meaningless. Some kids are coached to death to get high scores on the CoGAT/NNAT (we used to live in another state where the nature of the GT test is a closely guarded secret for this reason), and some kids receive high GBRS for being quiet, pleasant, compliant etc. It's not in anyway a foolproof method of screening.

I'm the PP with the two kids, one in AAP and one not. I can tell you that my child who's not in AAP was "borderline" if you like to call it that way (high test scores but low GBRS, and he has executive functionining issues). It takes him easily three times as long as his sibling to do the same task. In contrast, the one in AAP is easily three to four years ahead of grade level, so while AAP helps, it's not exactly super challenging--the point being that there is huge variation within that program as well. It takes him very little time to do his homework.

If your friend is worried about her child not being able to handle it, she can switch back to the regular program.[/quote]

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