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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Spoke with another family who have a child in the program as well as children not in it and they were less than impressed. [b]They acknowledged that the math was more advanced, but did not find the center's treatment of the other core subjects to be overwhelming, and actually thought that the education their non-AAP kids got was comparable.[/b]
Just curious as to whether others had qualified, but elected not to go.[/quote]

This exactly 100% mirrors DC's experience in 3-6, but in 7th it does start living up to expectations.  [/quote]

In 7th grade, the curriculum for AAP and honors courses (non-AAP for smart kids) is identical.  We discovered this when our AAP kid and his honors best friend compared notes: same homework, same text books, same pacing, everything.  AAP in elementary is great for kids who need the extra stimulation, but my experience as a mom of both AAP and gen-ed kids is that it all evens out in middle and high.  My single gen-ed child far surpassed his brothers! [/quote]

At our middle school, AAP center and honors were [i]not[/i] the same. They read different works of literature in English and different source materials in history and civics. The literature read in English was [i]much [/i]more advanced and dealt with more complex themes. Long term assignments in social studies had more requirements and were graded on a more difficult scale.

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