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So those not in AAP don't enjoy school, don't employ creative problem solving strategies, and don't continue working at problems even when they're frustrated?  Wow, poor things.  [/quote]

You must live in a sad world. Observing what person A is doing well takes absolutely nothing away from person B and doesn't even remotely imply that person B does not things well (even perhaps the same things!).[/quote]

Not the PP, but surely you can understand his/her sentiment.  All over this forum you see parents crowing over how much "smarter" their AAP kids are.  Most rational, sane people understand this isn't true, but it gets pretty old having to read those ignorant comments over and over.  [/quote]

I understand that. But I don't think the answer is to pretend to your child that they aren't academically talented or whatever reason(s) they got into AAP. I think it's important to teach children they have areas of strength and weakness. They shouldn't be ashamed of their areas of weakness, and they shouldn't think they're a superior person for their areas of strength. It's a shame that some people think academic talent does somehow make them superior people, but I'd rather encourage my child towards the character traits that we value as family. I'm not sure how I would recommend my child deal with blowhards. We tend to avoid them.[/quote]

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