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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So there was an actual disruptive student at your kid's class at AOPS? Which campus?[/quote]
Yes, there are some students who can be disruptive, it's a luck of the draw at the elementary/middle school age. My main point is that this is not something one can filter out beforehand; it's a general problem that mostly manifests itself after classes start, and sometimes not even initially but later on in the course. Kids are still kids, and not everyone is necessarily there to learn in a perfectly behaved manner just because they are taking an AoPS class. Parents are of course alerted if it gets out of hand, but it doesn't mean they immediately kicked out. Just like in other places it depends on the circumstances.[/quote]

You seem to speak in generalities rather than from experience at an actual AOPS location. AoPS is for very advanced students and unlikely to have students with behavioral issues. Certainly we never came across any.[/quote]
Having taught there for a couple of years, I can say that there are always a few disruptive kids in some of the classes; it's not such an unusual occurrence. Having not come across it as a student does not mean that it doesn't exist, but that your child was very fortunate. My point to the OP still stands; the peers in a particular classroom can be more of a factor than the teacher, as the AoPS staff is quite good at teaching.[/quote]

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