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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know AAP parents don’t want I hear this but it’s a washout come high school.  If the kid is bright and has good home support, they will end up in the same classes. Things that made a difference-love of reading, solid extracurriculars, encouraging them to pursue their interests.  
The saddest part of all of this is that kids pick up on this whole AAP vs. not AAP in lower grades.  [/quote]

It is a wash out by High School. Some kids just click with school a bit later than others. I suspect that most of the people who are really concerned with being accepted into AAP are at poorer performing schools and want to move their kids to a better school or are very interested in TJ and see AAP as a way to get to Algebra Honors in seventh grade.

I know families who bought a house in a Title 1 school boundary and they were very focused, very fast on programs they could use to move their kids out of those schools. They couldn't afford the same size house in different areas so they saw AAP as their vehicle to improve their kids school.[/quote]

The “clicking with school” statement is just silly.  Plenty of kids love school and are good at it - they click just fine.  Maybe they simply didn’t do well on the NNAT or CogAt.  Regardless, not being in AAP doesn’t mean children don’t “get” school.   :roll: [/quote]

School has a specific set of expectations for kids that takes different period of time for kids to settle into. There are a good number of kids who were disruptive, read super active and not great at paying attention, in first who are more focused in sixth; they mature and it is easier for them to focus or do what the Teacher is asking. It has nothing to do with intelligence or ability but with maturity. Maybe clicking with school is not how you phrase it but that is what I was getting at. Super active kids in first and second grade settle down by sixth. Once they are more focused, they are able to grasp concepts better. By High School they find AP/IB classes very approachable.

Our kid is in a language immersion program and we love it. We deferred AAP because we prefer the language. I suspect there might be similar segregation concerns at LI schools since the kids are in distinct programs and cross over between classes in the same grade are less likely to happen. The difference is language immersion is Parent selected vs AAP so I don't think it ends up with the same potential for "smarter than" labels that can come with AAP.[/quote]

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