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We're again talking in circles.  You clearly think that kids with 120s IQs "need" to be separated from the masses and placed in special classrooms.  I don't.  Could you please cite some sources showing that above average kids simply cannot function in a regular classroom, even with differentiation in core subjects?  [/quote]

They may function, but [b]they are underserved, and end up wasting their time in class[/b]. Stays at school for 7hrs with kids that don't get it is mistreating the gift of time. That's cruel. Than they say that the kids are learning a lot, which they aren't. If they let them stay together and let them play outside in the sun a lot, is be ok with that, but I can afford (time wise) to enrich them when they come home so Larla doesn't get left behind. The kids need many more activities than school, and they need to maximize the benefit of the time spent, because they have very busy schedules. Its essentially like going to work full time. Would you like to get stuck in a job with low level workers if you're highly educated? Do you lack the skills to function around those people, or is it just not beneficial for you?[/quote]

[b]These same kids were served just fine in 2nd grade with switching classes and flexible grouping[/b].  Many of the kids didn't even qualify for the advanced math grouping or were middle-of-the pack within the advanced language arts or advanced math groupings.  Meanwhile, kids who are actual outliers and poorly served in 2nd grade will continue to be poorly served in AAP, because the bar has been lowered so much.  If 120s Larla simply can't be served in the same school as 110s Carla, then how on earth can 130s or 140s Darla be served in AAP with the 120s kids?

Let me guess...  You have a 120s kid, and you're desperately clinging to the notion that your child is so special that (s)he "needs AAP".   :roll: [/quote]

Not at our school.[/quote]

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