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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC does surprising, out of the box things all of the time, but I haven't documented anything nor do I know what counts as "impressive" to anyone besides me.  I'm not around DC's peers and am not sure what is normal for this age.  The examples mentioned above for example are not mind blowing (no offense) - [b]I just feel like whatever I include to so subjective - I feel like a bragging parent[/b].  [/quote]

The questionnaire is optional. If you do not want to brag, then opt to skip the questionnaire.[/quote]

I want to provide useful, relevant information.  I am having a hard time filling out the form.  I write something and then scrap it, imagining the screening committee member rolling their eyes at my stories.  I guess I just feel like as a parent, how can I be viewed as objective about my own child's brilliance?  Doesn't everyone think their kid is a shining star?  I'll fill it out and submit, I am just struggling right now to weed out what is truly relevant I guess.  [/quote]

Honestly, I think if you are struggling this much than your child is not gifted.  Now, AAP is not really for gifted kids, just high achievers, so the examples given above are relevant.

For our first, we had no problem filling out the form.  We gave several examples in each area, so pp is full of it.

[b]For our 2nd kid, we will have a problem filling the form out because while I think he's a smart kid and can probably handle AAP if he gets in, he's no where near as gifted as his sibling.  He really doesn't need AAP but I'm sure he'll do okay in it.  We'll give the lego type answer provided above.[/b]  [/quote]

Why would you provide any answer if you don't see signs of giftedness in your son?  Our oldest actually[i] is [/i]gifted and I didn't provide examples for every question.  Don't try so hard.   [/quote]

We will provide appropriate answers, but if we don't have a good example we may not give an example.  I don't try that hard, that is my point.  The whole thing is a joke.  The teacher is trying to convince us that he is gifted and belongs in AAP.  He might do well in AAP, but the whole program has turned into one for high achievers and not gifted kids.  They need to put this program in place at all of the schools and use it as a differentiation tool.  Then bring back an actual GT program.

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