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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're at a center school.  The conversations run from prepping for AAP to prepping for travel hockey to prepping for a Bar Mitzvah.  I've never run into a controversy, some do, some don't, [b]most are too busy raising their own kids to worry about what some other parent does[/b].[/quote] Ditto at our school.[/quote]

This is true, but there are some parents -- and I fall into this category -- who look at the bigger picture.  For example, how the acceptance of prepping for these tests -despite everything teachers and administrators say, changes a school, a community, the culture of education, etc. in ways that aren't always beneficial to children.    It's all fine and good for someone from NYC (and I lived there for years, son don't flame) to come here and say, "our kids prep for kindergarten entry tests, so what's the big deal?"  But this isn't New York, or Seoul or Shanghai; it's Northern Virginia where dog eat dog and lives programmed from birth haven't been the rule for the majority certainly.  It's not that I worry other kids are getting ahead because they're prepping, because I think there's a limit to that kind of advantage over the long haul.  It's just that I think it creates an unhealthy environment for all children and frankly it's hard for me to understand why more parents don't care about that or see it.[/quote]

I think you're talking about heavy studying.  The DCUM definition or prepping is reviewing the NNAT and CoGat prep books which if you bought every book there is would be a long weekend.  Seriously, there are not that many.

The academies, the workbooks, the drills, etc. don't fit the definition of prepping.  It's just studying.  Some think there should be no homework, some think it's just right, some supplement. Parent's choice. You may think it's unhealthy, some of us think it's the key to a comfortable life.  Make your choices, please let us make ours.....[/quote]

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