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[quote=Anonymous]I have had 3 kids in AAP in the last 8 years. One is smart and a hard worker that is very advanced in liberal arts stuff but struggled with advanced math and dropped down to Math honors instead of Algebra 1 for 7th. That was the right choice for them, especially with them having lots of gaps in math learning due to doing their 6th grade year virtually during Covid.  Another kid tests high in IQ (Wisc 146) but very low in processing speed and has thrived in AAP. That kid easily excels at anything that can keep their attention and has learned to buckle down and put in the time for the other things. My youngest is a social butterfly that does well on all things without trying hard and is the kind of kid that does the shortest answer to get it right without putting in any extra effort. I’m hoping AAP will challenge them to try harder and encourage better work habits.

While volunteering with my kids’ AAP classes and hearing my kids’ stories, I seen/heard about lots of smart kids and lots of hard workers, but not a ton of geniuses. Certainly there are some. One example from my daughter—One boy taught her chess during indoor recess, shared with her that he was diagnosed as autistic, organized and managed a complex class economy for the kids, retained all facts/reading in a photographic way, and just knew all the math, always. The class understood that kid operated on a different level. But most of the AAP kids are similar to mine—smart and capable, but not geniuses.

I have noticed that many of the AAP kids share one thing—the ability to hear/read something, retain it easily, and access that info later for a test or project. Is this because of intelligence, or good work habits? No clue. There are also a lot of *super stars*—kids that are very skilled and stand out in one area—math or violin or dance or baseball or swim or spelling or theater, etc. Is this because of genius or because their affluent parents funded them on this skill since preschool? No clue.

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