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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are more than one person disagreeing with you, please stop pretending you don't see that. So "conspiracy" it is.[/quote]

A conspiracy is an agreement to commit a crime or wrongful act.  A random bunch of bigots isn't a conspiracy.[/quote]

A "bigot" isn't someone who disagrees with you. And what's the BS about posters having hidden "agendas"? If this is the way you behave IRL, I sure don't want you in my kid's GT program.[/quote]

If I had to guess at the hiidden agenda from the teacher, it would be this: "Some parents criticized my teaching because their gifted children are not getting sufficient challenge in my class.  I'm not going to rant and rave that if their kid is bored and acting out in my class, it's because the kid is a brat with delusional parents, rather than the fact that my teaching isn't reaching this kid. I don't need to change a thing. I'm a perfect teacher! Go me!"

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Or maybe she's thinking, if this kid is really such a genius, s/he would be in AAP instead. Seems more reasonable than your imagined scenarios.

That nails it for me, too.  The only plausible reason for arguing against meeting childrens' needs is  "I've always done it this way and I don't want to have to change anything."[/quote][/quote]

Once again, point missed.

AAP does not exist in DCPS schools.  "If your kid's such a genius" and you are a DC resident, you are screwed.  Unless you have the financial and logistical luxury of being able to move or pay - which most of us don't.  And, in terms of the scope of the problem, it's already shown that there are likely thousands of kids in DC who would qualify, but whose needs are not being met.[/quote]

No, you missed the point that several other posters made. In fact, you missed several points. First, the teacher is a VA teacher, so she probably WAS thinking, why isn't this kid in AAP?  Second, since you twisted the original issue around again, let me respond to the new, twisted version: we all KNOW AAP doesn't exist in DC, and that's precisely why several posters have counseled you to stop moaning on DCUM and MOVE ALREADY. As a PP said (not me), it's amazing you've managed to drag this out for 30 pages, but you've accomplished nothing towards changing DC public schools. Move already.

Also, the idea that "thousands of kids in DC would qualify" has been well and truly debunked. See 06/10/2013 21:54 for the derivation of the figure of 1,013 kids with IQs of 130 or above in the system. or  78 kids per grade with IQs of 130 or higher in K-12. So "one thousand" not "thousands."  Geez, why is it so hard for you to be intellectually honest? 
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