Anonymous wrote:So, my kids are past elementary school. Are there really classes for legos? As in, kids need a teacher to tell them how to play with legos?

Don't kids just, 1) dump them out on the floor, then, 2) build lots of crazy things out of their imaginations? What does the teacher do in this scenario?

Camps, classes, you name it. They are usually themed for things like minecraft or jedi engineering and they usually have challenges of some sort. Then you have lego robotics which uses lego mindstorm and coding to make moving robots & vehicles. My son loves it. They will even come to your house to do a party.

So, my kids are past elementary school. Are there really classes for legos? As in, kids need a teacher to tell them how to play with legos?

Don't kids just, 1) dump them out on the floor, then, 2) build lots of crazy things out of their imaginations? What does the teacher do in this scenario?

Anonymous wrote:OP - did you get a call back from the AAP coordinator going over your packet yet? What did she say?

Scroll above. She posted it.

OP - did you get a call back from the AAP coordinator going over your packet yet? What did she say?

Anonymous wrote: I'm sorry that you feel that way about us. I'm afraid that even without prepping, Asian kids would still make it to AAP. I have volunteered in our elementary school's reading program on a weekly basis. From my small samples, the best readers in one child's Kindergarten and first-year class were of Chinese and Korean heritages. My younger child who is now in K, is doing 4th grade math at home. And he is not "profoundly gifted". He is way behind an average 6 year old in Shanghai. To some of us, it doesn't matter to be in AAP or not. They would just be less bored. Some of us do prep. But don't we prep in anything? I guess we call it work.

While it is not nice to point at people and stereotype them because of their race and national origin, aren't you doing the same by claiming that Asian kids would make it into AAP prep or not?

If you are so confident, then why don't you give up the prepping?

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Anonymous wrote:Because of all the Asian AAP cheaters in FCPS - just another great reason to live in Arlington.

I'm sorry that you feel that way about us. I'm afraid that even without prepping, Asian kids would still make it to AAP. I have volunteered in our elementary school's reading program on a weekly basis. From my small samples, the best readers in one child's Kindergarten and first-year class were of Chinese and Korean heritages. My younger child who is now in K, is doing 4th grade math at home. And he is not "profoundly gifted". He is way behind an average 6 year old in Shanghai. To some of us, it doesn't matter to be in AAP or not. They would just be less bored. Some of us do prep. But don't we prep in anything? I guess we call it work.

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You don't get it.

My child takes a weekend math class and loves it. People are only assuming that OP is an over the top tiger mom because she said she is Asian.

My child loved chess from early age.. unfortunately, he had little school resources so gave up in a way. I can conpletely see other kids truly loving chess like op.

It really is so child dependent. Mine wants to do All The Things. I have to reel it in, because I'm just not capable of taking her to all the things she wants to do, and I don't think it's a good idea for her anyway, to spread herself so thin.

Anonymous wrote:Who are you kidding OP? The child needs more practice or you as a parent make sure he is in every possible activity/class coached and taught so he does not fall behind in the rat race. Have seen many tiger moms like this who make sure their child is in every possible class activity - and it has nothing to do with the child's interest. if anything the child loses whatever little childhood he has and is burnt out trying to keep up to his parents expectations.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t see what is wrong in putting a child in after care as both parents don’t get home till 6. And in the after care if they offer chess or LEGO why not let the kid enjoy what he likes the most. And why not send him to weekend practice as the parents cannot play to his level and he wants more practice

This forum has given me options and directions and it really helped. Thanks to all

My DC loves chess. She proactively asked to do chess after school after her friend invited her to attend a chess club with her. I allowed DC to do it for a half of the year, but didn't sign up again (even though she really wanted to) because the logistics didn't fit with my other kids activities. She had fun in the class for the time she did it. I'm posting this to say, don't assume OP is somehow torturing her kid, it's really possible the kid likes it. DC also begged me to do Odyssey of the Mind after her teacher mentioned it in class (she loved that teacher). She had fun in that too because it required the kids to be creative. I'm pretty sure if I let her do Legos she'd like that too. Some kids like that stuff. My other DC would not ask to do those things, and I would never force her. I'm sure people would assume I made DC do chess and OotM. That couldn't be further from reality.

Who are you kidding OP? The child needs more practice or you as a parent make sure he is in every possible activity/class coached and taught so he does not fall behind in the rat race. Have seen many tiger moms like this who make sure their child is in every possible class activity - and it has nothing to do with the child's interest. if anything the child loses whatever little childhood he has and is burnt out trying to keep up to his parents expectations.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t see what is wrong in putting a child in after care as both parents don’t get home till 6. And in the after care if they offer chess or LEGO why not let the kid enjoy what he likes the most. And why not send him to weekend practice as the parents cannot play to his level and he wants more practice

This forum has given me options and directions and it really helped. Thanks to all

Anonymous wrote:
Either way it sounds like this child can completely handle AAP. It's not that hard of a program.

Yep. The fact that OP's kid prepped a little makes him no different from the many other kids accepted into AAP who prepped.

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Anonymous wrote:Or to put it a different way, everyone seems to think that they and their children have an IQ over 130. Most of those people would be in for a rude awakening if they actually had their IQ tested. The average IQ for many professions like doctors, lawyers, or engineers isn't nearly as high as you might imagine.

Well, don't leave us in suspense...

DP. This is what PP is referring to, I assume.

https://www.electronicproducts.com/News/Engineer_vs_engineer_Who_has_the_higher_IQ.aspx

From the article:

What does this tell us?

Nothing really. IQ tests are fast becoming yesterday’s standard, as the modern-day community has made the move to placing greater emphasis on skills, abilities, and professional training, rather than categorize an individual’s professional value based on how he / she scores on a test.

With this being the case, IQ results are more so now used in instances like this – a fun comparison, but nothing that should be taken too seriously. ?

I'm the first PP, and I absolutely agree with you. The only reason I brought it up in the first place is to rebut the notion that this area is so much smarter and more special than everywhere else in the country. All of this sequed from a different tangent on asians, prepping, and how common prepping is in FCPS.

Either way it sounds like this child can completely handle AAP. It's not that hard of a program.

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Anonymous wrote:Or to put it a different way, everyone seems to think that they and their children have an IQ over 130. Most of those people would be in for a rude awakening if they actually had their IQ tested. The average IQ for many professions like doctors, lawyers, or engineers isn't nearly as high as you might imagine.

Well, don't leave us in suspense...

DP. This is what PP is referring to, I assume.

https://www.electronicproducts.com/News/Engineer_vs_engineer_Who_has_the_higher_IQ.aspx

From the article:

What does this tell us?

Nothing really. IQ tests are fast becoming yesterday’s standard, as the modern-day community has made the move to placing greater emphasis on skills, abilities, and professional training, rather than categorize an individual’s professional value based on how he / she scores on a test.

With this being the case, IQ results are more so now used in instances like this – a fun comparison, but nothing that should be taken too seriously. ?

I'm the first PP, and I absolutely agree with you. The only reason I brought it up in the first place is to rebut the notion that this area is so much smarter and more special than everywhere else in the country. All of this sequed from a different tangent on asians, prepping, and how common prepping is in FCPS.

I'm the DP who posted the article. It basically says that IQ above 130 shouldn't be expected in this area, with a high concentration of civil servants, lawyers, etc. We are "more special" here than some other areas.