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<blockquote data-quote="skeeter" data-source="post: 320976" data-attributes="member: 439"><p>oh, lord, don't get me started........</p><p></p><p>My youngest was pulled from "traditional" parochial school in 6th grade. Ohio has no requirements for accomodations for gifted, just identification (how that makes sense is beyond me). So our local public really doesn't have facilities for gifted, although it does have a higher level high school (which is where he eventually wound up).</p><p></p><p>But I did a lot of research and found he was one of those gifted that didn't need a "pull out" program, didn't need "additional" work - he needed to be taught in a completely different way. His ADD also didn't help - in fact, I prayed his ADD was bad enough that we could work accomodations and an IEP from that end, but it wasn't (and his father refused to allow him to be labeled).</p><p></p><p>He did well in classes he was interested in, but also managed to dump himself out of AP English senior year because of not handing in homework.</p><p></p><p>We had him at a private gifted school for two years. It was a very small school - grades K - 12. Kids didn't do grades, but worked on their strengths. All of the kids his age had come from other schools and had been picked on, so they formed a real "family". As they all would say, they could be "weird" together.</p><p></p><p>Highly gifted kids are at a great risk to drop out. They are also at a great risk of "self medicating". Especially those that aren't a good fit for traditional school, and may have social issues that acceleration would just make worse.</p><p></p><p>My son will never BE a rocket scientist - although he has a great passion for science. He'll never make it through a big university. Right now, he's not attending any college classes, and is instead working at a fish market. I have no idea what the future holds for him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skeeter, post: 320976, member: 439"] oh, lord, don't get me started........ My youngest was pulled from "traditional" parochial school in 6th grade. Ohio has no requirements for accomodations for gifted, just identification (how that makes sense is beyond me). So our local public really doesn't have facilities for gifted, although it does have a higher level high school (which is where he eventually wound up). But I did a lot of research and found he was one of those gifted that didn't need a "pull out" program, didn't need "additional" work - he needed to be taught in a completely different way. His ADD also didn't help - in fact, I prayed his ADD was bad enough that we could work accomodations and an IEP from that end, but it wasn't (and his father refused to allow him to be labeled). He did well in classes he was interested in, but also managed to dump himself out of AP English senior year because of not handing in homework. We had him at a private gifted school for two years. It was a very small school - grades K - 12. Kids didn't do grades, but worked on their strengths. All of the kids his age had come from other schools and had been picked on, so they formed a real "family". As they all would say, they could be "weird" together. Highly gifted kids are at a great risk to drop out. They are also at a great risk of "self medicating". Especially those that aren't a good fit for traditional school, and may have social issues that acceleration would just make worse. My son will never BE a rocket scientist - although he has a great passion for science. He'll never make it through a big university. Right now, he's not attending any college classes, and is instead working at a fish market. I have no idea what the future holds for him. [/QUOTE]
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