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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When you are the parent of a gifted child, you have to make sure that they are  getting the education that is a match for their intelligence  level. Else, they get bored and disinterested in education. Then school becomes a drag for them and they are very unhappy.  This is the main reason people want their kids to get into AAP. They have gifted  kids who yearn to learn and want to be with like-ability cohort so the classroom enviornment is fast paced and they can learn from each other.

If you have a child with limited intelligence or limited thirst for knowledge, you can sit back with a can of beer and chillax. Why would you be interested in academic excellence for a child like that?[/quote]

My AAP accepted child wanted to stay at his base school with his friends. He agreed that attending a program like RSM would work well for meeting his math needs, he loves math and enjoys being challenged in that area. He reads at home, enjoys going to museums, enjoys playing strategic board games at home (problem solving, strategy, thinking ahead, math, all sorts of skills in a fun package), and asks to go to STEM programs. We use those to keep him interested and allow for school to be some place that he enjoys, can be with his friends, and learn at an ok pace in some subjects.

He would be fine in AAP. He is smart and very capable. He can be challenged in many ways and still get something out of school at his base.

You all forget that many of the Gen Ed kids you are poopooing are going to end up in AP and IB classes with your kids and they will do just fine. The only area that AAP kids will end up ahead of their Gen Ed counterparts is in math. And that is not a given because not all the AAP kids end up in Algebra 1 in 7th grade and there are Advanced Math kids in Gen Ed that do end up in Algebra 1 in 7th grade.

I have no clue why the high SES parents are so into AAP because their kids gain no real advantage over the other kids at their schools. I fully understand why AAP is important at Title 1 schools or near Title 1 schools. I would guess that the vast majority of the posters who are agonizing over AAP on this board fall into the High SES crowd who are focused on TJ.

In the long run, AAP really doesn’t mean that much. It is nice and I think it is valuable to have as an option. I don’t think it is worth the level of angst that the parents on this forum attach to it. There are far too many ways to challenge a smart kid that are not even all that hard to do to place the level of emphasis that parents place on AAP. [/quote]

Yes, AAP is more about SES than giftedness. That's how it's always been. It's just a way to sort kids by their parents income level.[/quote]

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