Go back to your bridge Troll!!!!

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Anonymous wrote:It's only partially about a more challenging curriculum. It's also about being in class with kids who learn at the same pace and don't need as much repetition, so more of the curriculum can be covered in the same amount of time. Also, it's nice to be with kids who don't make fun of you for being smart and liking to read.

Kids make fun of other kids for all kinds of things. Yes, even in AAP.

Sure, but being made fun of for being smart can have a chilling effect on kids. Being with a peer group makes a big difference, and being able to learn at a faster pace with less repetition makes a huge difference to the kids that need it.

Second, first and kindergarteners made fun of your kid?

The important point above is being with the peer group and being able to move through the curriculum at a faster pace. Yes, kids can read while they wait for other kids to catch up, but you don't want the majority of a kid's school day to be spent in one activity, even when reading is the child's favorite thing in the "whole wide world."

My kid "needs" AAP because FCPS offers the program and will find my kid eligible for the program. Seriously, no one "needs" AAP, but people always want what they perceive to be the best for their kids. I know I'll get a bunch of "if you don't think some kids 'need' AAP, clearly you don't have a truly gifted child." You know what, I don't think my child is gifted, but the first thing the teacher proactively said in my recent conferences was that AAP was the right place for DC. Does DC "need" it, no, but that doesn't mean it's not the right fit. People will always try to get their child into what they perceive as the best opportunity, regardless of whether someone else thinks they don't "need" it. Basically, people who make the "only those who need it should be in" argument are saying that kids in the 97-99th percentile are disadvantaged by being in a class with the 90-96th percentile, but the 90-96th percentile kids will do just fine with the 1-89th percentile.

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Anonymous wrote:It's only partially about a more challenging curriculum. It's also about being in class with kids who learn at the same pace and don't need as much repetition, so more of the curriculum can be covered in the same amount of time. Also, it's nice to be with kids who don't make fun of you for being smart and liking to read.

Kids make fun of other kids for all kinds of things. Yes, even in AAP.

Sure, but being made fun of for being smart can have a chilling effect on kids. Being with a peer group makes a big difference, and being able to learn at a faster pace with less repetition makes a huge difference to the kids that need it.

Second, first and kindergarteners made fun of your kid?

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Anonymous wrote:It's only partially about a more challenging curriculum. It's also about being in class with kids who learn at the same pace and don't need as much repetition, so more of the curriculum can be covered in the same amount of time. Also, it's nice to be with kids who don't make fun of you for being smart and liking to read.

Kids make fun of other kids for all kinds of things. Yes, even in AAP.

Sure, but being made fun of for being smart can have a chilling effect on kids. Being with a peer group makes a big difference, and being able to learn at a faster pace with less repetition makes a huge difference to the kids that need it.

Anonymous wrote:It's only partially about a more challenging curriculum. It's also about being in class with kids who learn at the same pace and don't need as much repetition, so more of the curriculum can be covered in the same amount of time. Also, it's nice to be with kids who don't make fun of you for being smart and liking to read.

Kids make fun of other kids for all kinds of things. Yes, even in AAP.

It's only partially about a more challenging curriculum. It's also about being in class with kids who learn at the same pace and don't need as much repetition, so more of the curriculum can be covered in the same amount of time. Also, it's nice to be with kids who don't make fun of you for being smart and liking to read.

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Anonymous wrote:I know this is a troll question but I still need to point out the average score in the FCPS pool is 105 not 119-134. GE would be a bit less with a the 132+ removed...

Yes, but that's for the whole county. The law of averages shows that all those very low performing kids are pulling the number down. For people in higher SES schools, the average within their school is much higher.

Different poster here.

Our schools AART said that the majority of fairfax county kids score between 100-110.

Anonymous wrote:I know this is a troll question but I still need to point out the average score in the FCPS pool is 105 not 119-134. GE would be a bit less with a the 132+ removed...

Yes, but that's for the whole county. The law of averages shows that all those very low performing kids are pulling the number down. For people in higher SES schools, the average within their school is much higher.

Anonymous wrote:I know this is a troll question but I still need to point out the average score in the FCPS pool is 105 not 119-134. GE would be a bit less with a the 132+ removed...

Not the OP, but why refer to him/her as a troll? Because you don't like the question? I think it's very valid. Extremely valid, in fact.

snore

Some kids want to be challenged.

I know this is a troll question but I still need to point out the average score in the FCPS pool is 105 not 119-134. GE would be a bit less with a the 132+ removed...

Yawn

I'm really confused as to why people who have children who score under 135 on a NNAT, CogAT, WISC or any other allowed test, think their child needs AAP and would somehow be disadvantaged in a general education classroom in a place like FCPS when the average score in a general education class is probably 119 - 134 anyway. Why does your child need AAP?