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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well many students and parents think class size does matter as well as the way information is taught even for AAP.  They feel it's high enough academically but too impersonal and leaves less room for creativity. 
Below are two recent posts from the private school forum.
http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/30/267941.page
I have two kids at the most sought after AAP center in FCPS. The work is challenging and the teachers are wonderful, but the program is still not right for kids with very high IQs. [b]My kids (WISC scores of 144 and 148) are still just being pushed to memorize and calculate and are drowning in homework, there is no room for higher thinking or reasoning and no room for their endless creativity and crazy passions. [/b]If you simply have a high acheiving student that can work at a fast pace, its great, but if your child is highly capable an out of the box thinker, it may not be the best fit. We are looking at Howard Gardner and The New School for next year.
I agree -- finally someone says it. I felt the work was just being crammed in to my DS. He was making all As in FCPS, but so are/were 30% of the class. If 30% of the class are "excelling" that means a certain number are just waiting around. The busy/work homework was a joke also. In private school, he goes much more in depth in Math. "At FCPS the teachers just threw it at us, work sheet after work sheet. I just filled them out and got my 100%. Now I understand Math much better" It has been wonderful to see the joy of learning come back to my student after years of the glazed eyes. Nice to not be worrying all the time, either. He is not a super high IQ kid. [/quote]

I am surprised that your AAP center is so sought after.  We have found the opposite to be true with our school's center program.[/quote]

This pp is probably at Haycock or Louise Archer. People seem to go nuts about those two. [/quote]

I don't understand why the center would just have the kids doing rote memorization and piles of homework.  Our center (not commonly mentioned on dcum) has the kids doing projects, power point presentations, digging on the playground, creating their own civilizations, participating in philosophical seminars and debates, experimenting with electricity and more.  I have noticed very little time spent on "memorization" and there is hardly any homework.  It is definitely a rich learning environment.  So if these "sought after" centers are not doing this, I wonder what is the appeal.  [/quote]

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