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[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]

But is it really?  Hiring tutors for each (or even most) subjects does not mean your kid in innately intelligent - it means you have money to spend on tutors.

Show me a kid who gets into (for example) TJ without prep, and I will show you a kid who actually belongs there.  But, they are so few and far between, that the admission rules had to change due to desperate rampant cheating.  "Look mom, I made it!"?[/quote]

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