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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are parents who are invested in AAP because it's another thing for them to brag about - and some of them are loud here.

Then [b]there are a lot of parents who just want to see their kid less bored at school.[/b]  We've also experienced a social benefit as our nerdy kid has found easier connections with similar kids.

Then there are the people who are invested in hating AAP who are very loud about how evil it is.  They spend an awful lot of time here, too.

In the real world I've mostly met people in the second group, although a few of both the first and third category as well.[/quote]

I like to think of myself as belonging to this group, but I wouldn't say my kid is bookish or nerdy...[/quote]

They can be bored without being bookish or nerdy.  Mine - and the friends they have made in AAP - happen to be both.  It's just easier to find those kids in the center cohort where they make up a larger percentage of the class.[/quote]

I see. If I'm being honest, my biggest concern is that DC be among positive influences, and I'm hoping that AAP would provide this. Even if DC isn't learning much academically in school, that doesn't totally kill me because I am encouraging self-directed/initiated learning as much as I can at home. [/quote]

I wouldn't confuse behavior with academic aptitude. The single most disruptive kid we've encountered is in the AAP class.  And judging by some of the parents here you're going to have kids raised with abominable manners and a terrible attitude.  [/quote]

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