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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, you don't make sense. No way could my DCs friend since KG complete ALG HN in 7th or 8th grade. The child has on paper a very equal life: white, umc, a SAHM, both parents are educated, but the friend is barely passing any of the gen Ed classes in middle school. My DC is straight As in AAP. There's a very good reason for offering gen Ed. There's a very good reason for offering AAP. There's a very good reason for offering honors. Kids are not all the same intellectually.

Keeping this logic, it's why we have JV and Varsity sports. Your logic is every kid deserves a Varsity letter. What?[/quote]

So because your daughter has one friend who is having trouble in school, you assume that EVERY child not in AAP would be unable to handle the curriculum?  Respectfully, give me a break.  You do know there are plenty of kids in AAP who do poorly, are struggling, have tutors, etc., right?  The point is to let the kids and parents decide which level is right for them, perhaps with teacher input - but leave the decision up to the families.  If it doesn't work out, they could always switch to the next level.  Why pigeonhole one entire group of kids into taking classes deemed the "right" level for them, without anyone really knowing what they're capable of?

We all have anecdotes, and I certainly know of AAP kids like the ones I just described.  Not everyone belongs in AAP, just as not everyone belongs stuck in GE.  Thankfully, by high school all this nonsense ends and the kids and parents can make the right choices for themselves.[/quote]

We are actually in agreement as I have suggested offering gen Ed, honors and aap-for high IQ beginning in 3rd grade. AAP becomes more selective, parent self reger for honors or self select got gen Ed. This ideas gets push-back, though, and I am confused as to why. [/quote]

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