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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS in AAP said I finish all my work on Monday and the rest of the week just sit there. I would not recommend AAP if you can afford private. [/quote]

DS is in 6th grade AAP, and that is true last year when he was in 5th grade which had very little homework but much more project based. He never brought homework the entire years because the teacher allowed him to finish homework at school. But this year is much diferent: he has homework everyday, at leat two pages of math homework(Pre-algebra level). So my point is AAP is different from teacher to teacher, from grade to grade and from school to school. While AAP curicullum generally focuses on certain depth of the topics and encourages student to think and work independently, each teacher and school is allowed to create their own enrichment approach for their class. I believe that is a major different between AAP and private school for gifted children. The bottom line is not all gifted chidlren are equal, nor are the AAP classes.[/quote]

This was the story year after year. Maybe our center wasn’t good. It certainly rated itself well. The Nysmith students did better if academics was the measure. [/quote]

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