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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is the most ridiculous post.  The criteria for being accepted into AAP is largely subjective, as anyone can tell you.  Being "prepped" implies being prepared for testing?  Quantitative scores are routinely overlooked by the committee in favor of teacher HOPE scores, parent referral/ appeal letters, and work samples. It's a hot mess, but the OP appears to be a better judge of who "belongs", based on her kid's tattles? What would solve the OP's issue is academic ability groupings by subject area that flexed over time based on quantitative performance, however I suspect loosing the esteem of her kid "belonging" to AAP would not fly here.  OP would need to find someone else to feel superior over, pity.[/quote]

Thank you for this reply, I feel it's on point. My kid is likely one of the kids that the OP's kid is targeting.  She was a big fish in a small pond, now she is a small fish in a bigger pond (academically speaking).  It's been tough on her to keep up. After 2 years, I think she finally feels like she belongs. It has taken her longer to spread her wings and carve out her place it would seem.  She said, conversely, some of the smarter kids are jerks who know it all.  She did like her previous group of classmates better in 2nd grade, but now in 5th she feels like she belongs and has a good friend group at our AAP center.  As parents, we wondered if she would have been removed based on her initial performance.  Of course the administration said "no," and I am glad we didn't elect to remove her.  Removal clearly would have been devastating for her self esteem.

If you kid feels like the slower kids are slowing them down, please maintain some perspective and compassion, because surely, one day, that will not be the case and you would hope the other kids wouldn't feel that way about your own child.   [/quote]

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