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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]of course some parents who test prep also put a high value on reading. Sadly enough, I know of parents in our LLIV school (where AAP is considered by some to be a status symbol or some type of parental accomplishment) who test prep for Cogat, hire private psychologists, volunteer as PTA Board members and room parents to get an inside track on principal placement and GBRS scores, but make snarky comments about pressuring kids, not letting them have fun, and stunting their social-emotional development because we're raising kids with very minimal TV and no video games, and providing books, or art supplies, or family outings instead.  And there are plenty of kids in our school who have a TV with playstation on their bedroom, but not a bookshelf.  so yes, I disagree with the way some parents approach AAP admission, and I believe that if you take two kids who are in allother respects equal, a child brought up in a household of readers will out score  a child who gets extensive test prep.[/quote]

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