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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]AAP is mostly a farce.  If you want him to have a shot, YOU invent something and pretend he did, like all the other uber competitive mommies do…[/quote]

[b]I don't believe prepping is "cheating" because the child is the one taking the exam and getting the score. Period. [/b] If that child learns well enough to  achieve a great score on the exam,  he or she has the ability to do well in the AAP program.  AAP is not for geniuses, but for kids willing and able to learn and to work (a little for some, a lot for others).

Parents who prepare work samples and present them as their child's are being dishonest. That's a bridge too far and definitely cheating the process.  Most likely, these samples don't count for much anyway, especially if they are outliers compared to the rest of the AAP packet.  Perhaps most importantly, you are teaching your child the worst kind of lesson about how to get by in life. [/quote]

LOL--great rationalization. But the parent prepped work examples are "a bridge too far"...

If a parent completes the work samples, the kid likely is lacking in talent and this will show pretty quickly in the classroom...[/quote]

Most of the kids in the class are barely above average, and the person to whom you replied is the reason why.  If mommy isn’t there holding their hand during these “advanced” classes the snowflakes can’t keep up.[/quote]

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