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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]good, as long as we established that you did it because you believe AAP program is superior i'm fine with it. i only have problems with those who prep because they think their kids are gifted and "belong" in AAP - that's cheating in my books. [/quote]

[b]This doesn't make any sense to me.  Anyone who preps their kid for this test must think BOTH of these things:  AAP is a superior program, AND their child belongs in AAP.  [/b] Why would you prep if you didn't think your kid belonged in AAP?   AAP is supposed to be for gifted kids - if you are prepping your child for a test to get him into a gifted program, you must think he is gifted, no?  The alternative line of reasoning is something like "my kid isn't gifted and doesn't really belong in the program, but I want to prep for the test and get him in there with all the gifted kids because it's such a great program."

It seems you should be opposed to test prep across the board or not at all.  How can you decide based on the parent's motivation for prepping, that one motivation is fine and the other is "cheating?"

I'm not opposed to test prep, btw.  I don't care how much or little other people prep their kids.  I care only how my child does on the test, and I don't think other kids prepping affects that.  The percentile scores are nationally scaled.  A very small group of these kids are prepped, and that is not going to affect the national percentiles.  [/quote]

This is northern VA. Almost everyone thinks thier kid is gifted, and even if they don't, they think that their kid is entitled to the same coursework that the gifted kids are getting. 
But I would argue that they don't know what they're signing up for. My daughter is in her 4th year of AAP. Each year, her class has had more than it's fair share of kids with ADHD, social difficulties, and spectrum behaviors (all of which are actually more common in gifted kids than in the general population). She is also in a class of 30 kids last year and 31 kids this year. The pace and further differentiation has been wonderful, but it is not the land of milk and honey that people on this board seem to think it is. [/quote]

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