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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are cases where the parents are right about a child's ability and the school is wrong. I think that there is a difference in how the parent is viewing her child and how the school is viewing her child here but that doesn’t mean that the parent stops advocating for her kid.

In my case, my parents insisted I was going to go to college and the school insisted I wouldn’t be able to graduate high school. We sent those Teachers and Principal an invitation to my graduation when I earned my Doctorate. [b]My parents did nothing to advocate for me once I got to College[/b] but my Mom fought the public schools tooth and nail.

The difference in this case is that AAP really isn’t that huge a deal for most kids. Parents and Teachers have posted regularly that no one can tell the difference between an LIV kid and a non LIV kid in high school. Perhaps the OP is worried that their kid won’t get Advanced Math without the designation. Perhaps the OP wants her kid to attend the Center School for the same reason many people on this board want them there (cohort, better program). Perhaps the OP wants the Center MS because it has a better reputation or they are thinking TJ.

Whatever the reason, there is no reason to be nasty about it. [/quote]
Nor should they have, you were a full grown adult in college. It appears they were too busy building your sense of entitlement to teach you how to advocate for yourself.[/quote]

No one is a fully grown adult at 19.[/quote]

You REALLY think that a 19 year old's mommy should be calling her professors and asking for extra time to take a test, etc.? If her parents had included her and taught her how to advocate for herself as a teen, she would have been much better off.[/quote]

Read what was written. The parents did nothing when the kid went to college. They did their job in the public schools who had written the kid off. There are times when parents have a better grasp on what the kid is capable of then the school. And the parent should fight for their kid.

The OP has a different read on her kids ability then the school does. It sounds like the OPs kid has not been getting the GBRSs or the test scores for AAP. I don’t think the AART is there to help the parent. I wouldn’t keep applying for AAP but if the OP thinks that is the best place for their kid, then go for it. Nothing wrong with believing in your kid.

But it is not the AARTs job to help the parents with packets or provide info to the parents. The OPs kid is probably just fine in Gen Ed but we don’t know what school they are at. Maybe it is one of the schools where there is a huge difference between LIV and Gen Ed. But the parent who is being snarky to the OP for wanting her kid in LIV is being unnecessarily cruel. [/quote]

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