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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My oldest did okay on the COGAT. Average. Gen ed student in grade school. Now in high school. We worked with her over the summer before starting MS and moved her a year ahead on math starting in seventh grade, so she ended up with the AAP-track kids with an all-honors course load, anyway.

It all evens out in the end. [/quote]

Bless you, finally, someone on DCUM who is well-adjusted and reasonable.[/quote]

What?  She worked with this kid over the summer. [/quote]

Yes, a nice change from the GET INTO AAP IN 3RD GRADE OR DIE PENNILESS IN A DITCH MY SNOWFLAKE GOT A 412 ON THE COGAT IS THAT ENOUGH WEEKEND PREP SCHOOL 4EVAH bullshit that is all over this forum.  The idea that kids' academic futures are wrecked based on their test performance in second grade is absurd.[/quote]

It is absurd that she made sure her kid took either Math 7 honors or algebra in 7th grade is ridiculous.  WHat it means is that she was CERTAIN her kid would be on an advanced math track, despite not being on it on her own nor assessed by the school to be on it.  What kid wants to do that all summer?
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I mean, outing myself as a nerd, but I did that voluntarily as a kid, so I guess it doesn't seem that weird?  I did summer school to skip a full year of geometry in HS, too, so I could fit in a fine arts elective that I preferred.  I had to talk my mom into both but ultimately prevailed.  The middle school math jump really did not take up that much of my summer either, and I'm not naturally mathematically inclined.

Also, since when is taking a grade-level honors class is weird?  Man, school has changed since I was in it.  The beauty of middle school was that the kids that didn't qualify for the advanced track in our elementary school system (not an FCPS alum) was that the people who had an aptitude for a subject but not all of them could place into the appropriate subject-matter class.  There was much better diversity in my middle and high school classes than elementary school.[/quote]

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