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[quote=Anonymous]Wow, 13:42. So your snowflake got in and the PP above's kid doesn't deserve a spot? Given that there are so few opportunities for accelerated and enriched instruction to meet the needs of smart and capable kids, the schools need to open up more classrooms if necessary rather than limit the opportunity to the chosen few. I'm not saying "let everyone in! everyone gets a trophy!" But the system is not going to identify all children who would benefit from acceleration and enrichment, and parents absolutely do have to advocate for their kids when they know their kids can handle the work.

Just as an example, my oldest started 6th grade when we moved here from out of state. He had always been excellent in math and we came from a very strong public school system in which he was in the most advanced math class available. Yet the placement test his middle school administered ID'd him for Math 6, which bored him to tears for a month until I went and requested that he be moved to IM. Even that was boring, and he hasn't had to work hard in math until this year in AP Calc BC. Moral of the story -- placement tests, teachers, and the school system are not infallible, and as a PP said no one else is tasked with advocating for your kid besides you.[/quote]

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