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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]AAP is a better education with less distraction. RSM, etc are so that my kid can keep up in AAP, to be frank. They need tutoring/enrichment because the classes move fast and the math is really hard.[/quote]
My kids are in math enrichment. AAP is behind what they get in these programs.[/quote]

Sorry that your kids got the watered down AAP.  [/quote]
Nah AAP math is really not advanced. At all. My kid is at a center in MS. RSM and AoPS are way ahead of FCPS math.  She’s done both. And math isn’t even her strength, she’s a humanities person. Not only is AAP math not advanced, it’s not in depth. It’s one of my pet peeves with AAP math. It’s accelerated but definitely not in depth.  I don’t care about acceleration.  I want my kids to have a solid foundation for later math course work.
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Advanced Math is hard for some kids and there are plenty of kids who would not be able to handle it. There are kids who find it easy because they love math or are just naturally good at math, those kids need parents who are looking for enrichment opportunities so that the kids remain engaged with math, even if it is outside of class. That actually goes for most subjects. DS is ahead in math but his writing is above grade level but not by that much. He needs different supports then a kid on grade level or who is farther ahead.

I think that is what me irks most about this board is that people fail to understand that the regular curriculum is hard for a lot of kids. It is not easy and we need to stop pretending like AAP is watered down or not challenging. While there are kids who could move into AAP reasonably easy, most kids would not be able to handle the work. There are kids struggling with Gen Ed, even at the top ES in the County. [/quote]

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