Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
Interesting and possibly Controversial
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 320941" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I strongly disagree that the gifted do well if left alone. That is one of the biggest myths out there. Left alone MANY gifted kids cause problems or get so bored that they just shut down and do very little. </p><p></p><p>Just imagine what those gifted kids could do if instead of leaving them alone the school challenged them? </p><p></p><p>My district has a "name" for being good with gifted kids. I came through it and totally disagree. My older two refused to perform in the gifted program because the teacher only accepts one way of being gifted. If you are not gifted in the way her sons were gifted, or if you are a girl, you are picked on and made fun of. By the TEACHER!!</p><p></p><p>thank you likes her, but he is similar to her youngest and she dotes on him, cooing and giving him all sorts of treats. It is the opposite of how she treated the others. </p><p></p><p>I pretty much figure it is up to the family to challenge the gifted. That is why Wiz graduated high school with several college classes under his belt - we pushed him to do them in the summers and on semesters our schools don't challege him.</p><p></p><p>The disparities in gifted education are one reason why we fall behind every other industrialized country in many ways. We are not raising the top scientists - we put LOTS more into raising the barely proficient workers. Just in my opinion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 320941, member: 1233"] I strongly disagree that the gifted do well if left alone. That is one of the biggest myths out there. Left alone MANY gifted kids cause problems or get so bored that they just shut down and do very little. Just imagine what those gifted kids could do if instead of leaving them alone the school challenged them? My district has a "name" for being good with gifted kids. I came through it and totally disagree. My older two refused to perform in the gifted program because the teacher only accepts one way of being gifted. If you are not gifted in the way her sons were gifted, or if you are a girl, you are picked on and made fun of. By the TEACHER!! thank you likes her, but he is similar to her youngest and she dotes on him, cooing and giving him all sorts of treats. It is the opposite of how she treated the others. I pretty much figure it is up to the family to challenge the gifted. That is why Wiz graduated high school with several college classes under his belt - we pushed him to do them in the summers and on semesters our schools don't challege him. The disparities in gifted education are one reason why we fall behind every other industrialized country in many ways. We are not raising the top scientists - we put LOTS more into raising the barely proficient workers. Just in my opinion. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
Interesting and possibly Controversial
Top