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[quote=Anonymous]AAP teachers are probably on average better than non AAP teachers

Your child's classmates will be similar in their ability to grasp concepts/lesson plans 
(for example, in a non AAP class a child may understand the material in the first 5 minutes of a lesson plan. The teacher then spends 20 minutes trying to get the rest of the class to understand. That could mean boredom and less efficient use of your child's time).

Your child's classmates may stimulate and broaden your childs perspectives, as they may do as well to others.

I agree with all the above. My child is finishing 6th grade in an AAP center and has had these experiences as above -- especially peers who are stimulating and bring a lot of mature and thoughtful perspectives to discussions. I have volunteered in both 4th an 6th grades for things like Junior Great Books discussions with small groups of these kids (6-7 kids, and never my own kid in my group) and I can say I've been impressed with both the kids' thoughfulness and their behavior toward each other during discussions. They listen well to each other and truly discuss. Sure, they are kids, and they have some goofing off and messing around! But overall I think the experience of having peers who are able to do this kind of work stretches my child. 
I also agree with the poster (sorry, could not copy the whole post above as my computer ate it....) that behavior seems to be a non-issue at our center. Someone else posted that this wasn't true, but for us it has been. The kids are interested in school and want to be there; most of them enjoy it from what I see and hear -- from them, not just from teachers or my own child.
You mention that if there is advanced math at base schools, why go to a center -- but it's not just about math! 
By the way - posting on here is going to get you a lot of snarky comments about how awful AAP is and how parents just want it as a way to brag about their kids. Unless those posters HAVE kids actually in AAP please take their posts accordingly.[/quote]

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