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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You do realize just how many GE students there are who are equally bright as the vast majority of AAP students?  And that this large group of kids is perfectly capable of doing AAP work?  FCPS needs to simply allow all kids to take the level (in ALL subjects, not just math) that is suitable for them, and leave the labeling out of it.  
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This is just silly. There are plenty of children in GE (probably most of them) who are bright enough to do anything they want in life. [b]If they were tested for AAP and did not get in, they are not as bright as the vast majority of AAP students.[/b][/quote]

And there it is, in a nutshell.  The classic AAP parent (and child) superiority complex.  It's sad that you actually believe this is true.  Thank you, FCPS, for creating this divide and fostering this type of mentality.[/quote]

I wrote that comment and don't have a child in AAP. If not intelligence, what do you think the identification process is based on?[/quote]

+1.[b] Travel soccer teams have athletically talented kids (I could have my kids take hours of private lessons a day and they still wouldn't get in), youth orchestras have musically talented kids, and AAP has -- wait for it-- academically talented kids. According to a combination of work samples, teacher recommendations and standardized tests. [b]And if you don't like the standardized tests, you can get an IQ test done and prove the COGAT wrong.[/b]  So AAP is not just a "superior in their parents minds" thing.  It's a designation that kids get after a vote by an objective panel weighs a number of factors. So yes, GE kids have been determined BY FCPS not to be as academically talented as the cutoff for the AAP pool.  But, it is also a fact that any team, group or program that is not open admission (or lottery) will select some kids and not others based on talent and performance.  Why is this okay in athletics but not academics?  I don't accuse parents in my community of a "superiority complex" when they talk about their child making a "cut" team for a high school sport.  I usually think, "Larla is a nice kid. Good for her."  It takes nothing away for my kids to recognize that other kids are talented-- sometimes in areas where my kids struggle.  It's not a zero sum game.[/b] [/quote]

I wasn't going to come back to this thread after posting a long while back, but am glad I did. The bold statement is so true. Thanks to this PP. [/quote]

I'm wondering just how many FARMS kids have parents who will march them out to get an IQ test when they don't get into AAP.  I'm thinking not a whole lot have the required $400, much less even know how the system works.  Guess that's why AAP is full of white and Asian, HHI kids.[/quote]

Maybe they don't understand how the system works, but Mason will fee waiver the WISC. [/quote]

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