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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Yes. You obviously don't want to hear from the voice of experience. Has it occurred to you that I may have other children?  
 
 
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The question at hand was from a parent who wanted to hear about the experience of others.  For the record, I made the decision when the program was much more selective--therefore, my child's scores were probably much higher than those being discussed here.[/quote]

+100  You probably didn't prep your child either.  [/quote]

+ 200. I remember the days of GT (I have a high schooler as well as an elementary aged child).  GT didn't cause the problems that AAP has.  It was a very small program,  for only the brightest of the bright, not [b]kids who were a little advanced, but basically average[/b].   The whole system made a lot more sense than dividing kids into two very similar and overlapping groups.[/quote]

There may be some of those--heck, they may make up half the population, for all I know. But, I assure you, gifted children continue to exist in the county. It's interesting that the OP was accused of being provocative when the statement I have bolded is unquestionably provocative on an AAP board.

OP, my answer to your question is: it's ugly here because it's an Internet message board. Those from the Glory Days of GT would have seen the same level of ugliness had people been able to follow along all day and post instantaneously from their smartphones back then. [/quote]

I highly doubt that.  GT was understood to be a necessary program for kids who actually did [b]need [/b]a different learning environment.  I don't recall anyone having a problem with that, as most kids were in general ed. and there wasn't this very blatant, often arbitrary divide.  And as far as the bolded statement, above, being seen as inflammatory by you, I'm wondering why ridiculous statements like "the peer group is what makes the difference" or "Gen Ed is so slow" are never called out.  Those are just two examples of the plentiful and decidedly provocative comments seen on this forum all the time.  But somehow they are acceptable?   :roll: [/quote]

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