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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hate the AAP culture at our elementary school. I have 2 kids in AAP and many students seem to have outside academic enrichment so if your smart kid goes to math class, s/he is already behind since the majority of the class already knows the material.

I have a kindergarten child and considering switching her to private school because I hate this AAP culture. There are also so much emphasis on academic extracurriculars like chess, math, science Olympiad, spelling bee, etc.

I wonder if it is normal students and parents if kids are not in the AAP program. [/quote]Yes, the kids aren’t ‘gifted’, they are just ‘advanced’ in math because they have been taking Kumon classes, Mathnasium, Russian Math, Singapore Math, Beast, etc. as a way to get ahead of the curriculum.   They have tutors and the Tutoring Club, so your smart, typical child is behind them.  It’s a poor design.  And parents are spending a lot of extra money on these tutoring programs. [/quote]

So they’re advanced in math or whatever, they doesn’t mean FCPS should stop teaching them at school. Teachers are supposed to meet them where they are.[/quote]The problem is that the population of students are over the place in terms of capability.  The teacher can't differentiate 25 different paths.  Not enough time for that.  Therefore, many complain that the teacher is not helpful.[/quote]

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