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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Such an artificial dichotomy that AAP = smart, GenEd = not.

There are many kids who either barely missed admission or barely made it in.

The parents feed the hysteria to make sure their kids are known as "smart."  Let's not perpetuate that with kids.  [/quote]

Brilliantly said.[/quote]

Yes. This.

Of course kids have always been at different levels, and this isn't about trying to make sure everyone is equal and warm fuzzies and group hugs.

[b]But CENTERS (not AAP) makes this such a pronounced in or out, which is particularly ridiculous when there is such overlap between kids just admitted and those who just missed.  I mean, really? If AAP could fully tell who was "gifted" there wouldn't be any need for an appeal process.[/b][/quote]

EXACTLY.  Some of these posters should try seeing this from the perspective of a GE child who attends a center school.  [i]Not[/i] from the perspective of their AAP kid.[/quote]

This is a good point, but not all schools have centers, or even LIV in school...our base school does not, and the school is on the small side (often only two classes per grade). If all the AAP eligible kids were pulled out locally, there would be an even greater disparity among the two groups of kids.

The state mandates a gifted program of some sort, and there are always going to be kids on the fringe who probably should have been in "the other group." Busing kids to centers when possible makes the best use of resources.[/quote]

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