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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We currently have one child in the AAP class at FHES. I am very disappointed and shocked at the decision FHES has made. Having experienced the program as it stands, I have to agree that FHES is dismantling its AAP curricula. We have not had any issues of cliques and kids not wanting to be with each other in the APP class. In our experience having kids together that want to learn more and have the capacity to excel resulted in everyone nudging each other forward. Saying that all kids can learn social studies and science at an advanced level is absurd. We would never say that about kids in a traveling vs. non traveling soccer team. The school could have met their objective of more intermingling by letting the kids have specials, lunch, and recess together. If you want an environment of peers where your child will be encouraged to do their best in academics don't stay at FHES. If you think the social aspects of school are important and the transition to a new school will be too much for your 8 year old, then, stay at FHES. The emotional well-being of children is also important. [/quote]

Also, I don't understand the need for gifted kids to be surrounded by peers to encourage them. Aren't they supposed to be self motivated?[/quote]

Nope, giftedness is high intellectual ability, not self motivation. [/quote]

I'll take your comment more seriously when you can give specifics to why general ed kids can't do the AAP science curriculum like I asked.[/quote]

I am not the poster to whom you are asking this question.

It is not that general ed kids cannot do AAP science curriculum. My experience with kids, which is not a whole lot beyond what I saw from volunteering at my child's class - but which I do quite a bit, is that there is a large difference between kids in the rates at which they pick up new stuff. I am not sure if we can really call this giftedness, it does not mean the rest are dumb. Maybe those who take time to absorb information, the way it is currently taught might not be the best approach for them. But for whatever reason, there is a big difference in the speed with which kids can understand concepts and apply them. AAP is really separating out kids on this basis. I do not think even the best of teachers could do much when you have a bunch of kids that take in information at vastly different speeds. It invariably ends up at the pace of the slowest student.

My child learns best not when I sit with her with paper and pencil, but when she is sitting in traffic, taking a walk or when we are just doing nothing. I taught her most of the math in this manner. But this way she picks up math concepts really quickly and she got into the habit of visualizing numbers. If she had been introduced to math in class I suspect she would be deemed slow. Just by accident, she ended up being very good at math. I shudder to think how many kids are being hindered by the way some of the subjects are taught. I do not blame teachers or the educational system, it is just very very tough to figure out the best way to teach something to different kids.

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