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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][color=red][u][b][size=24]Bad decision.[/size][/b][/u][/color] [size=18]Your kid is going to lose out on a quality peer group forever. Even if they never see the people again, it shapes their development early on.[/size][/quote]

See this mom. The perfect example of a mom whose child doesn't belong in AAP but she refuses to let him/her out. Child is trapped and their life is hell for all of ES and MS. Poor child.[/quote]

But do these kids really exist? (I mean, kids who are hating AAP and the environment but their hypercompetitive parent forces them to continue??)[/quote]

Not AAP related but similar. I graded AP exams when I was in grad school, great money for an intense week of grading. There were a good number of exams that only had written in them “I am only here because my parents made me.” Many of those had some impolite comments about their parents following the statement. It was surprising to me how many students took AP classes and the exam because they had to.

While AAP is not AP, I am sure that there are kids in AAP who would rather be at their base school with friends in gen ed or in gen ed if their school has LLIV. I know that there are kids in Algebra 1 H in 7th grade because their parents made them. I know kids who were at RSM because their parents made them attend to make sure that they made it into Algebra 1 H in 7th grade. Plenty of parents force their kids into classes and programs that the kids don’t want to be in.

This is why I suspect that there are kids who intentionally bomb the TJ essays so that they have an out for not attending TJ. They don’t really want to go and their parents made them. By bombing the essay or writing “I don’t want to go” they get their way and can let their parents complain about their not being accepted. [/quote]

This is interesting, but why would they intentionally bomb the AP exams? Just to rebel against their controlling parents?[/quote]

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