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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most of the people who are most adamantly against aap or TJ or the like have traditionally average kids.

What do you think qualifies you to have a valid opinion or a meaningful input if you don’t have a real understanding of gifted individuals?[/quote]

Ask all of the people who have been using exam prep to pass their kids off as brighter than they are.[/quote]

This happens ALL the time with ALL kinds of tests. Med school grads have to take the board test and law school grads have to pass the bar exam to become licensed. Are you saying these people cheated because they used prep materials including previously used exam questions when preparing to take these tests? [/quote]

Poor analogies. Medical boards and the bar exam are designed to ensure individuals entering these professions have minimal knowledge and ability so that they don't harm patients or clients. They are also required to take ongoing training in their field to ensure those minimal standards. Of course doctors and lawyers study for those exams -- they are the single most important exams of their careers and the culmination of a lot of studying, time, and money.

A better analogy would be the the MCAT or LSAT for admission to professional schools. And yes, people spend money to prep for those as well. I actually used to teach LSAT prep classes. Even the though LSAT supposedly tests ability, not knowledge, it's a fairly easy test to greatly improve your score on via test prep. I had students who would come in getting 10% on the logic portion of the test exam, and get that up to 70-80% just using test-taking techniques to help them decode the questions.

Having taken the LSAT, taught it, attended law school, and worked in the legal industry for 20 years, I can assure you -- the LSAT does not test anyone's aptitude for lawyering. It does, however, screen out a lot of people who lack the money to take test prep courses to boost their scores, or ensure that these people attend lower ranked law schools and don't get access to certain employment opportunities. [/quote]

If someone isn’t dedicated enough to lawyering to put money on a credit card or get a 2nd job to pay for prep courses, they’re not a good fit for top law schools.[/quote]

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