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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's offensive and insulting to those that suggest that "prepping" is unfair and those that do and get high scores, are not deserving. Artists and musicians are applauded for the hours of hard work they put in to fine tune their abilities. Athletes train for hours on end to better themselves. High academic achievement is not just because of prepping - its because the student worked hard on it.

Every child who works on their craft should be applauded for their efforts and recognized for it. I know this will fall on deaf years and so be it.[/quote]

This has been discussed ad nauseam on other threads and I'm sure will be again, but...

There is a difference between studying (doing homework, preparing for a test in a class, working on an essay, studying for an AP exam) and prepping (preparing for a test like the CogAT, which is meant to be taken unprepped).  No one objects to the former, which is most analogous to the sports/arts.   Lots of people object to the latter.[/quote]

We bought a Cogat prep book as its a very different kind of test just to get our child familiar with it.  What is the big deal to that?  We also heavily supplemented at home, never with tutors as the curriculum was lacking.  We didn't do it for the magnet program and our child had zero interest in them but to keep them on grade level and prepare them for MS.[/quote]

There isn't a big deal but some parents like to dismiss others because their children can't really compete. Further, there was no cogat this year os their point was moot.[/quote]

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