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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not the OP. Then who are these parents who are complaining AAP is so watered down because too many kids get in if everyone responding here is happy? [/quote]

After reading AAP stuff on DCUM for a long time, I suspect the "it's watered down" parents are sometimes--maybe most of the time--not AAP parents at all. The people who make the "watered down" argument often tend to link it to the idea that AAP should be either eliminated entirely or cut back to a tiny percentage of truly genius kids, rather than serving kids who are "merely" academically advanced and have strong aptitude for learning. For whatever reason, there are some parents without kids in AAP who resent the whole program and militate to have it ended or reduced; they often seem to post that AAP takes away resources from general ed and therefore hurts their general ed kids; or is accepting too many kids; is not for the truly "advanced"; isn't different enough from general ed, or is[i] too [/i]different and asks too much of kids....[/quote]

Interesting.  I find that the parents of children who would never have qualified for AAP in years past are the ones who are so defensive about even the suggestion that AAP has become too big.  They are the parents who know their kid wouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell of qualifying if the standards were raised and who desperately want to keep the broad net so that their only slightly above-average child will make it in.  Those of us who have suggested that AAP is out of control are those who have children who would absolutely get in, regardless of how high the standards were raised.  Our kids are, in effect, the ones who are losing out as AAP has become watered down to teach a majority of average kids.[/quote]

:roll:   seriously, if your child is as smart as you say, he/she will excel no matter what.  Also, if the program was reserved for the profoundly gifted in all areas, there would be about 5 kids in the entire county per grade.  [/quote]

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