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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it is b.s. to say that these kids 'think differently.'  I honestly don't think they do, including my own kid who will be in AAP next year.[/quote]

DC who is in AAP definitely thinks differently. Sibling is more mainstream (said lovingly ;) ) and is not in AAP.[/quote]

^ to add, we also told DC1 that AAP wasn't about smart, but those who think differently, work more quickly and do better with different challenges.[/quote]

"Work more quickly" - not sure that's true.  Think differently?  Not sure that's true for the most part.  I have to say that nearly all of these responses are precisely what I don't want to tell my child nor do I want my kid hearing something like this from your kid.  [/quote]

Oh brother. I can see there is no way to acknowledge that out of the 2,000+ kids who apply to the MCPS HGC, the fact that 50 kids got in means nothing about them is special. Otherwise it's bragging, even if it's handled delicately.

My kid is super smart and does really well in school. That's why he was picked for the HGC. Deconstruct that all you want.[/quote]

Sounds like Montgomery Co. is doing it right by only selecting a very few, actually gifted kids.  FCPS could take a lesson from them since they've obviously concluded that accepting masses of pretty average kids is the way to go.[/quote]

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