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[quote=Anonymous]New poster here.

It's funny no matter how many times, reasonable people try to explain prepping, the obtuse, the gamers, the clueless and others fearful that their children can't make the grade or will be left behind, come up shrieking that prepping is okay no matter what.   For the umpteenth time, the prepping referred to in this thread is specific preparation for an aptitude test used to screen for AAP-- one that FCPS has recommended not prepping for.  There appear to be differing degrees of prepping involved -- the out and out wrong kind and the control-freak, pushy or insecure parent kind.  It's well known that FCPS had to change FxAT specifically because some people had obtained actual copies of the test.  That is out and out wrong.  I know this from speaking personally with Carol Horn and from reading court papers from a semi-related lawsuit.   There's also prepping by drilling kids using workbooks made sold by companies like Mercer Publishing where problems are similar enough to test questions that the CogAT publishers filed a lawsuit.   I personally think this is unnecessary, as does FCPS, but apparently some people feel they have to do this in order to get their kids into AAP and they really don't care whether it's ethical because they are going to get theirs for their kid.  Some come from cultures where prepping is a way of life and I'm sympathetic to that, but I really wish FCPS would devise a better screening process.

When people talk about prepping on this thread they are NOT talking about preparing and studying for tests, doing homework, doing extra work or supplementing to master a math concept or training to play pro football or other sport.

I think all the references to Peyton, do highlight the fear though that your kid might not have the stuff.  As a PP noted, the Manning brothers were gifted with the right genes at birth --probably the reason their Dad felt no need to push or prep them (can you even do this?) in football.  I think some of those trying so hard to prep their kids to do well on a screening test need to ask themselves if their child is truly an intellectual Peyton or whether they're trying to make them into something they're not.  Have a little faith folks.  Those with kids who easily make the AAP grade typically aren't prepping.  [b]That[/b] should tell you something.  [/quote]

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