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[quote=Anonymous] :lol: [quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a child that just started in the AAP program this year.  My initial thoughts are that it is a good program.  I like the higher expectations and focus on critical thinking, however I don't think it is all that much of a gifted program.  My DC is one of those kids that tests in the highly gifted range but is lazy and  will rise to only to whatever expectations are set for the class unless he is interested in the what he is doing.  He needs a class that is more in depth and accelerated than what the current AAP program offers.

That said I think the Aap extensions that focus on critical thinking would benefit all kids and should be provided as part of the general education curriculum.  
I do think the current program is bloated and clearly includes kids who don't belong in a traditional gifted classroom.  I know lots of kids that got in without the requisite test or GBRS scores.  I am all for offering the current AAP curriculum as the general education curriculum and reducing the current AAP cohort to the top 2% of FCPS takers and offering a truly accelerated and gifted program.  That way the vast majority of kids can benefit from the AAP focus on critical thinking that I think that most generally bright kids can handle.[/quote]

This is absolutely true and why AAP is so watered down - it can't be a real gifted program, because so few of the kids in it are actually gifted!  Instead, it's just a slightly accelerated regular curriculum, that could easily be done by most kids.  It boggles the mind why it's considered a "test-in" program, when it could just be open to all.  That would allow a REAL gifted program to be developed for exceptionally gifted kids - who are few and far between.[/quote]

You do know the mom that you are quoting has less than two weeks experience total with AAP. They haven't even had many real assignments or projects yet. She has no idea who is or who is not gifted among her kid's new classmates. [/quote]

It's irrelevant how long her child has been in AAP, or even if she has a child in AAP.  Everything she - and others - have stated about the program is true.  [/quote]

Great! It's true, "AAP lets in too many kids who aren't gifted" and yet YOUR kid still couldn't get in. Now what? [/quote]

My kid IS in AAP, you dolt.  And she's bored silly as it's not even a gifted program. [/quote]

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