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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s not a gifted program anymore.

Teacher remarks should have the most weight. Is the child advanced? Hard working? Curious? Bright? That is the child for AAP. [/quote]

That's ridiculous, though.  My child's 2nd grade teacher didn't like him because he's not a people pleaser and wasn't compliant with the mounds of busy work they were given, like coloring sheets, word searches, and the like.  DS was in the outlier math, reading, and word study groups (like, top 2-3 kids in the grade), with his teachers in those glowing about how advanced and brilliant he is.  DS was reading long chapter books in 1st grade.  DS also had all test scores above 140.  The 2nd grade teacher gave a GBRS of 11, with only a 1 in Motivation to Succeed.  Most of the comments were pretty lame, and he was dinged for preferring to engage with adults rather than other kids and for being disorganized.  Yes, the teacher put negative comments in the GBRS, even though all comments are supposed to be positive.  He still was admitted to AAP.

In AAP, he's the kid winning all of the contests, acing all of the tests, and to some extent making the other AAP kids in his class feel dumb.  My other AAP child, who is a bright, hardworking, non-gifted people-pleaser, got a 16 GBRS.  The GBRS is much more reflective of the teacher's biases than the kid's actual ability.  [/quote]

Not that he couldn’t do well in AAP but he didn’t sound like a good candidate from what you’ve written about his behavior. On the other hand he does seem advanced. Obviously he got in, so what exactly are you claiming? That he wouldn’t have?[/quote]

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