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To address this question: I care for a lot of reasons, not all of them good, productive reasons. I admit that to a large degree I am just disappointed with the program and frustrated that it's so completely different from the way it is described. So it irks me when experienced parents use the FCPS language with prospective parents because it seems like we should know better. And I do not believe that people are "mocking" the application's language. It's quite clear that many people feel that way.
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FCPS is super competitive, so it's not entirely surprising that so many parents are desperate to believe that their kids are gifted or special and not just run of the mill , bright, upper middle class kids.  That is certainly one of the things that leads FCPS parents to believe that their above average kids couldn't possibly have their needs met in a regular classroom.

I care, too, largely in that the marketing of the program caused my kid to waste 4 years of schooling.  I would have been more than happy to homeschool my kid if the FCPS admin had been upfront that AAP was only slightly accelerated and would not meet the needs of my child.  At least the AoPS classes helped my kid retain a love of learning.  [/quote]

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