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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How does FCPS approach the idea of a "fixed" vs "growth" mindset?    Research shows that having a growth mindset is a key aspect of success.  I know my kids in APS hear a lot about developing a growth mindset.  But it seems that the things people say they are hearing AAP/Gen Ed kids say to each other show that those kids are getting a really strong message that reinforces a "fixed" mindset -- e.g. we're smart/you're dumb.  That's damaging for both groups -- the "dumb" ones can start to think they really are and not try while the "smart" ones become averse to trying things that might be hard because struggling with  something means they aren't "smart" after all.  Getting a B or (horrors!) a C in something becomes a tragedy rather than an opportunity to figure out how to improve.[/quote]

Yes.  [b]The AAP system is unhealthy for all the kids, though of course, parents of AAP kids will vehemently disagree.  Their kids are the ones being told they're "smart," so naturally they're all for it. [/b] I find it very, very difficult to take this system seriously when the vast majority of kids in both AAP and Gen Ed are indistinguishable from one another.  Certainly, there are outliers - but the ridiculous amount of kids accepted into AAP makes it appear that FCPS is a Lake Wobegon.  Which it is not.  [/quote]

I am an AAP parent (x3) and I agree with you. It is unhealthy and divisive. And the program is just not very much different, from what I can tell.

When the bar is as low as it must be for there to be SO many kids from each grade being found eligible, what does it say to those who are not? "You're REALLY at the bottom of the barrel." Or maybe it's not that the bar is low, maybe it's too many people gaming the system. I don't know, but I do know that it didn't use to be this way. It has changed dramatically in the last 10 years.

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