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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Join the PTA!!  At our school, all the AAP kids have PTA parents. [/quote]

Yes this too.  I'm the one that made the room mom comment earlier.[/quote]

You are mixing up association with causation. This is sort of the case in our school but that’s because all the PTA parents and room parents are very actively involved in their kids lives and also have impressive academic backgrounds/interests. I think our PTA President has two terminal degrees (eg JD, MD, and PhD). So it’s probable that this person is passing on his/her genes (duh) and academic interests/exposures to the kid. [/quote]

This, seems probably there's a very high correlation between "PTA parents" and "parents who had the time/resources to go out of their way to read to their kids each night as toddlers, ensure they were learning to count at an early age, and so on"... not to mention that parents in such circumstances are likely are also correlated somewhat to those with genetic factors that are favorable towards intelligence. There is likewise a high correlation between children of such parents (due to early opportunities, genetics, ongoing involvement in their education) and how that kid is going to present as a candidate for AAP based on classroom behavior and test scores.[/quote]

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