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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OH. MY. GOD.
If you need to find a test center, your child doesn't belong in AAP.[/quote]

This is a misunderstanding of AAP. AAP is for academically advanced students, not gifted students. That includes children who are prepared to work hard to do advanced work and are capable of it. Hard work and conscientiousness  pretty much always trumps "gifted ability" so I don't know why the idea of preparing for a test (which usually involves just reviewing a couple of nnat / cogat books with your child and not some type of intense coaching sessions, generates such an intense reaction here. [/quote]

Sorry, but hard work and conscientiousness without underlying talent will never trump the person with “gifted ability.” You might tell your kid that, but it is simply not true.

Lots of kids could have worked right along side Micheal Phelps, maybe even worked harder than Phelps, but they would never be able to surpass him. Why? Because they did not have the “gifted ability” he had. Hard work is great, but it doesn’t make up for high levels of talent. 
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Hard work will absolutely trump any natural talent.  For a talent of a generation like LeBron or Messi, they still need to work hard to fully develop.  There is nothing wrong with hard work and it is definitely not cheating. [/quote]

NP here. The baseline understanding is that everyone is working hard. The point is that is that hard work + gifted innate ability will trump hard work + no innate ability every single time.

Also, hard work is not cheating, cheating is training at testing centers for tests that are intended to be seen for the first time to measure ability (not knowledge). [/quote]

Your assumption is that you can prep a child regardless of his/her innate talent to a high score.  If that's the case why are there good or bad students in any given class?  If a child can perform at high level after prep, why not AAP?  Most kid can't get 90% even after prepping. [/quote]

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