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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IMHO, this fervor to get your marginally qualified kid into APP does many of them a huge disservice late in life. It's the whole precious little snowflake thing.[/quote]

this is a crude way to put it, but there are several kids in DC's AAP class that are, ay best, marginally suited to be there. The selection Committe probably gets it right most of the time, but not always.  I assume that with 2nd graders they a judging a kid's potential and some just don't live up to their potential.  I doubt this really hurts them that much later in life though.[/quote]

Seriously? Are you a teacher?  How can you possibly have a clue what kids in your child's class belong there or not?  What sort of expert experience do you have, and what work have you done with each child to come to this conclusion?  I am the room mom for my DC's AAP class, and I am in the classroom a LOT.  That said, I have no clue which kids 'belong' in the class and which don't.  I am not interested in what the other kids in the class are doing.

What an odd statement.  I've heard variations of this many times on this board, and it always makes me wonder how insecure you have to be as an adult to judge children.

Your final sentence is hands down the most insightful statement I've ever read on this board.  Well said.

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