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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I wouldn't classify the majority of 7-year-olds as serious students, as much as many parents in this area seem to want to opt out of childhood for their kids.

Nor does FCPS wait till the night before for the prep it authorizes.[b] The teachers show kids what the test creators recommend they see beforehand -- sample problems to give them an idea of what to expect. They're not supposed to need any other advanced preparation. [/b][/quote]

Academic prep and discipline in children is about learning.  It has nothing to do with AAP.  Why do you think families that value education and spend valuable time with their children in this endeavor at an early age are necessarily preparing for AAP.  These families could give a hoot about the low AAP bar or what is needed for that particular test.  There is no need to steal test questions for this or any test.  
For these families their engagement in education is far deeper than AAP or what is needed for the test or a goon night's sleep followed by ham and eggs.

For folk like Phelps and Peyton (with all their superlative gifts you are drooling over) their preparation, discipline and hard work is not about their work ethic and habits...that they will crush their opponent is immaterial.  They are simply wired to prep and work hard...plain and simple.  That their approach to life. One doesn't have to invoke stealing the other team's play book and cheating to explain why some children and their families work hard and prep.  You don't have to join them.  There is free choice.

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