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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, your goal is to force your round peg into a square hole no metter what it takes.  Step back and think about what message that,sends to your child, and what it does to her when she can't fulfill your dreams.[/quote]

Nice try on the guilt trip.  Got our kid into a great program for six years of her early academic development that will build a strong base of knowledge and study skills for high school.  If she were failing the program, or were struggling and unhappy and it was clear they did not belong, then you point would be valid.  That is far from the case here.   The program is geared for a wide range of talent and if one stays on top of the homework, which my kids do, then they will succeed.  How they got in is completely irrelevant to me, as my dd not me, will see the long term academic benefit.

Funny you make the case of forcing a round peg in a square hole.   How do you think FF County is "increasing the number of certain demographic groups that are under represented in the program".  They cannot magically increase the standardized scores of these groups relative to the whole, but rather slide the closest ones in under their subjective process.  Are they also square pegs that have no business being there?

Finally, there is too much assumption here that those that prep their kids are doing it for their own egos.   In our case, that could not be farther from the truth.  We want the best academic program for the benefit of our child.  Had she not made AAP, we would have moved her to private school.  Now, if she does not do well (not the case) we could still move her back to general ed or to private school.  It is nice having all those options having made the cut.[/quote]

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