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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Proof? [b]Just look at any HS honors or AP class[/b]. Most of the kids were in honors or AAP in MS. Most of the GE classes are a continuance of the same GE students from MS.
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Your assertion is not proof.[/quote]
Your demand for proof is not a counter argument.  Wouldn't it be more effective to put up your own proof that most Gen Ed students who opt out of honors in middle school go on to embrace it in high school.  [/quote]

You think there are a ton of kids who can't hack honors/AAP English or math in MS, but suddenly have not just the talent, but the foundation, to go up to honors in HS? I seriously doubt it. There are always exceptions, but I'm sure most kids on the GE MS track stay there is HS. [/quote]

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Wait until high school, then get back to us.[/quote]

Unless they are dumbing down the curriculum and slowing the pace,[b] I'm not sure how a kids who doesn't take honors or is in aap will be successful in, say, honors English. [/b][/quote]

Then you must not get around much.  This describes my son and most of his male friends who didn't really "get" the point of school until high school.  It's called maturity and brain development and it happens at a different pace for everyone.  Not all of us start out as students, including the many people who contribute great things to world when they grow up -- and it may just help that in the interim they've gotten to slack off, play some sports and start figuring out who they are separate from a report card.  [/quote]

So very true.  This also describes my kids.  Both are very smart, but were not particularly interested in over-exerting themselves during middle school.  Neither my husband nor I were at all concerned about that; what's the point?  They took middle school honors classes in the subjects that interested them, and stuck with the regular classes in the other subjects.  They had plenty of time to read for pleasure and have plenty of downtime, something that seems to be in short supply among kids in this area.  I have no clue what their GPAs were in middle school.  It's astounding that some parents on this board actually know, beyond generalities, exactly what their kids' [i]middle school[/i] GPAs are.  Are they aware that no one cares about this stuff (unless they're on the TJ treadmill)?  Other than the few classes (math, foreign language) that might count toward high school GPA - middle school [i]simply isn't relevant[/i].

Once high school rolled around, my kids were eager to dive into honors and AP classes, and have done beautifully in all of them.  I think a lot of that success has to do with not being burned out by the end of 8th grade.[/quote]

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