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Is J gifted (and should I give up)?
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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 534759" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Yes, that sounds plausible, busywend. I don't really feel the label "gifted" can be applied to J - for all his brightness - and it sounds as if the test your daughter was given was playing to a similar kind of strength in her. </p><p>Oh gosh, the whole "should J be in an alternative school" thing has now raised its head again, after I had really settled that we would be staying here for the duration. J himself has, for some reason, over the past couple of days started saying that he doesn't like school, doesn't like this school, etc (all new propositions from him). Of course, in the five year old mind, such decisions last five minutes but still... It is SO late to be thinking about any possible change, with just 5 weeks left of the school year. Have been ringing the alternative school in the big city but it just keeps going to voicemail, or someone other than the secretary picks up and no-one has rung back from my message... </p><p>And then money, money, money. If I had loads of the stuff... It would change things, as it would for so many people, of course. Most alternative schools are private and expensive, beyond my means. A few are subsidised by the state and this would involve going to somewhere completely new, a complete venture into the unknown. Which of course I'm reluctant to do. </p><p>I don't know!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 534759, member: 11227"] Yes, that sounds plausible, busywend. I don't really feel the label "gifted" can be applied to J - for all his brightness - and it sounds as if the test your daughter was given was playing to a similar kind of strength in her. Oh gosh, the whole "should J be in an alternative school" thing has now raised its head again, after I had really settled that we would be staying here for the duration. J himself has, for some reason, over the past couple of days started saying that he doesn't like school, doesn't like this school, etc (all new propositions from him). Of course, in the five year old mind, such decisions last five minutes but still... It is SO late to be thinking about any possible change, with just 5 weeks left of the school year. Have been ringing the alternative school in the big city but it just keeps going to voicemail, or someone other than the secretary picks up and no-one has rung back from my message... And then money, money, money. If I had loads of the stuff... It would change things, as it would for so many people, of course. Most alternative schools are private and expensive, beyond my means. A few are subsidised by the state and this would involve going to somewhere completely new, a complete venture into the unknown. Which of course I'm reluctant to do. I don't know!! [/QUOTE]
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