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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Glad you thought the post was helpful.  But as someone how has BTDT with three kids, I've seen this all the way through to college and I'm telling you you will laugh at yourselves later for all the anxiety and time you put into worrying about AAP.  Grade school teachers I talk to these days are aghast at the hysteria they see from parents over getting their kids into the program.  The time you spend with the AART complaining about work samples is time that she can't be working with the children she's supposed to be teaching in the school.  It's bad enough that level III services  are all but suspended during this whole application process (remember those kids, they need special education too), but it gets worse every year.

I can understand if you have a child whose gifts are not readily obvious -- an off-the-charts bright child who is so quiet and reticent that maybe the teachers don't realize how smart they are.  But to arrange a meeting to check the file of an in-pool kid, who clearly performs well and you know is smart is more involved than you need to be, imo.  Couldn't you just have asked the child's teacher what she thought?  [/quote]

OP here:  First, I have a full time job, but thanks for the helpful suggestions on how I occupy my time.  Second, I asked the AART for a copy of my kid's file.  She said she provides it as part of a meeting.  I didn't ask for the meeting.  Third, I didn't say anything to her about a "complaint" about work samples. I simply noted to myself that I thought they were poor examples.  Fourth, I put anxiety and little time into this.  She said she likes to have a meeting on the hand off.  I had to get to work.  I arranged for the meeting 10 minutes before school started so I'd be in and out.  Finally, I actually don't know if I even want my kid in the program. He's doing great now and I'm not sure I want to rock the boat.

Now, aside from responding to your ridiculous and wrong presumptions, let ME tell YOU that if you've BTDT and have kids through college, then why the hell are you on this board?  [/quote]

"no" anxiety I meant.  [/quote]

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