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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am disappointed in AAP because I thought my child would have creative projects and opportunities to problem solve. Really the only difference between gen Ed is that they skip a year in math and the pace is much faster. However, my daughter needs the much faster pace.

Gen Ed, especially inside the beltway, is now too easy in general. My child never got a single math problem wrong in homework or on school work from K-2. She was getting a very skewed idea of her abilities and what school is about. Like all kids, she deserves to be challenged and she needs to learn about working hard.  [/quote]

I never got a single problem wrong in K-2 either.  So what!  Making decisions about your child based on K-2 performance -- particularly if they came in to school with a couple of years of preschool under their belts like most middle class kids means very little.  Is she advanced in every area compared to her peers?   Emotionally, socially, physically, athletically?  If so, perhaps you have a prodigy on your hands and need to move her to a very special school.  Otherwise, she still can learn a lot in school with other children.  The academic piece is one part of an education.  I don't hear parents whose children are socially advanced complaining about all the babies their kids have to have classes with.  Nor did I complain when one of mine didn't get to work out as much in P.E. because he had to wait for his peers to learn what came naturally to him.

It takes a variety of different experiences to shape a person.... it doesn't happen in a vacuum where folks with equal abilities and growth patterns march in lock step.  No one is saying you can't find creative projects to stimulate your daughter. Even the GenEd curriculum has extensions to go deeper on class topics, so I'm sure the AAP curriculum does.  My GT/AAP son was always taking things apart and rebuilding them. As he got older he taught himself programming and went on to win awards at state and national competitions.  He did these things because he wanted to, not because someone was grading him on it.  He did them because he had the room and opportunity to explore what he liked without parents always hovering looking to find him a challenge.

I don't mean to sound harsh, but with kids in high school and college, I've learned that academics around here really does get difficult soon enough.  What is in short supply is time for kids to be kids and explore their own interests.  I'm sorry that you don't think AAP is challenging enough for your daughter.   Hopefully, she can find some activities that stretch her.

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