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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To 15:52, I am the poster who asked if our hard-working DC could get into the AAP program if DC was not a "genius" but worked extremely hard.  I attended a small parochial school up until the 8th grade, then entered my public high school (not in VA).  I realized that a bunch of my friends from my sports team were in the "gifted" program, which I had not been aware of (my parents were not active in my academic pursuits).  I asked my guidance counselor if I could be tested to gain admittance to the gifted program, and I was not accepted.  Ou HS didn't differentiate between students so dramatically as FCPS.  FWIW, I later took many AP classes and had close to a 4.0 GPA at HS graduation.

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Agreed with 22:01.

I asked because there seems to be a very casual characterization around here of AAP kids as "geniuses" and those who aren't in the program being "IQ deficient."  This is not what AAP is about.  AAP is about identifying students who could benefit from one particular style of curriculum.  This doesn't mean AAP kids are geniuses, just that they would likely get more out of the AAP than they would the standard curriculum.

As for the differentiation, how much of that is really coming from FCPS vs. from the parents?  I mean, check out the threads on this board.  Look how many threads are obsessing about what test scores will guarantee a kid entry into AAP, asking about kids who were eligible despite lower test scores than others who were found ineligible, appeals processes, etc.  In fact, one parent wrote that we should bring our kids to AAP orientation to "flaunt it" in front of the other kids.  Really?!  This thread is about prepping 7/8-year-olds with (I guess) sample tests and such, as if this were the LSAT or something.  When I took my son for the testing earlier this year, we waited in a large classroom at GMU where, I kid you not, at least 15 parents were all having their kids run through sample questions at 7:30 am.  My kid sat and played his DS, was totally relaxed, and did well.  But if he didn't make the cut...he'd still be the same kid, right?  So while there were Tiger Moms there, I was the Basset Hound Dad (Hey, buddy, it's only a test, do as well as you can and we'll go get a FroYo or something later, eh?).

Point being, if parents are thinking their kids are IQ deficient if they aren't in AAP, then I don't think the pressure is necessarily coming from FCPS.[/quote]

Totally agree.[/quote]

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