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Parents of children with super high IQ scores - where are your children in school?
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Our DC went to CTY summer camp class at Sandy Springs. It was mostly a class to remind her that learning can be fun and there are other kids who are interested in it...by the end of 2nd grade at DCPS she was feeling beaten down and like an oddball and starting to hide her interests from friends and adults. CTY fixed that. She loved it.
Because the class was at Sandy Springs, it was pretty much useless for making local friends as all the kids were too far flung to do much in the way of playdates, etc. BUT, it did spark DC, and made her OK with leaving DCPS for a better school environment. After she took the CTY class, she got it that not being challenged also meant not being interested in things. Rather than try online CTY, we opted to switch to a better school environment overall. |
Anonymous
| Interesting -- thanks! -- and exactly the kind of feedback I was hoping for. |
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My DS also did CTY camp at Sandy Spring for a couple of summers, during early elementary school. Our goal was to fill in a gap in his learning - he loves history, and social studies get short shrift in the public schools. He had a great time, made a few friends who he saw occasionally outside of school, and enjoyed the mix of academic and nonacademic activities (they spend a couple of hours after lunch on sports/games/crafts). The classes were very well-designed - intellectually interesting but with a focus appropriate for young kids - in his Explorers class they started by studying pirates.
It was a good experience. On the other hand, as soon as he was old enough for sleepaway camp, he chose to spend the entire summer hiking and climbing and gave up CTY. |
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My DS is over 150 and happy at St Albans. We have been there a few years now, and feel good about the choice. He has been challenged by honors math, adding a new language, pushed in history and english and science to do as much as he can. He is diligent and does his work and is certainly not bored, though certain classes are pretty easy for him (especially english and foreign language). Part of his success is finding boys who are as smart (or smarter) than he is. He did not really have that at Beauvoir (yes he went there). They help to challange him just as much as the material and the teachers.
Just a quick comment on CTY and Hopkins etc -- our tester recommended he take all sorts of advanced stuff way back in pre K and then again when he was tested in 3rd grade. When we politely refused she was aghast as most parents jump right in. Our reason was mainly that he needs his downtime, and we wanted summer to be a time of fun and non academic camp and beaches and swimming and sports (and a lot of visits to the library and book stores). he is challenged enough during the school year, and we did not want to push him during the summer and someday perhaps get a burned out kid but rather have a renaissance man who has found other passions as well. |
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It's funny. Our first day at CTY, the only parent I met was my own worst nightmare wrt what kinds of people send their kids to these programs and why. Conversely, DC had a great time and no complaints about the other kids or the vibe more generally.
She was happy both that there were non-academic components (including lots of "nature" onsite) and that she got big blocks of time to focus on a single topic. It was interesting to me that format is what she raved about, although, once I thought about it, I realized that was my main issue with school -- being forced to shift gears at the wrong moment was more of a grievance than being forced to idle. I was rarely bored, but I do remember feeling annoyed at being interrupted just when I was really getting into something I was working on. |
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10:35 Chances are, you have a GREAT kid! What so many parents of bright children don't realize is that "down" time is also regeneration and THINKING time. Parents can be so busy trying to prove how astonishing their kids are (by scheduling them for every enrichment they can grab), the kids lose the chance to develop and explore their own interests and intellect through a natural process of reflection & fun recreational activities with other kids.
12:12 has an important point as well, challenging learning isn't always about cramming more stuff in, it's about digging in at a satisfying depth. Pacing makes a huge difference. Multi-layered thinking and integrating takes time & the lightening-quick verbal kids who dazzle are not always the deepest thinkers. (Not implying that others are "slow" just leaving time to make knowledge one's own.) Thanks for your helpful personal commentary. |
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So agree. My DD tested above 150 and the things that we focus on are the intangibles and what her Reggio preschool called incitements. What's that plant by the sidewalk and how is it different from the one that bloomed last week? Why are they all blooming now? It's also really important not to give them a sense that they're "special needs" or, worst yet, "better." She's not 1/2 the athlete that many of her peers are. She is ridiculously adept at language and math but less spacially gifted than some others. There are "leaders" in the class from whom she can learn confidence and empathizers in the class who can yank her out of her seemingly constant reveries. She needs these kids and the normal skills that school and socialization provide. I believe that she needs these things more than she needs elementary school to max out her intellectual potential. I want her to grow up with even development in all areas-- not just the ones that we can show off to a top college or Ivy or show up other kids with. Primarily I want school to give her a chance to pursue her intellectual wanderings while learning what it takes to grow into a responsible, likeable, well-adjusted kid. Otherwise, by middle school she really could be special needs-- lacking the other components of schooling that she needs as much as anyone. |
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| OMG! 3 posters in a row w/ smart kids and rational (dare I say: smart) parents. |
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| We have used CTY online for the past two years and it has helped provide the consistency and advanced levels my daughter had been craving. She's very social and extroverted, so homeschooling wouldn't really work on our own. We've tried several different schools, including Nysmith, but they just weren't the right fit. She's in Holton Arms lower school now, and the experience has been pretty okay, so far. The teachers seem educated, nurturing and responsive, and the class sizes are wonderfully small, which is what we were looking for. We are still continuing CTY math and science in the meanwhile, because the regular Holton curriculum, even their advanced lower school math class, isn't enough for her. Most days, she seems almost relieved to sit down after school and do the CTY stuff. It just will never be possible to find a school that is perfect. As long as our daughter is safe, happy and growing positively, we can't ask for more. (At least that's what my experience has shown.) |
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| What is considered a super high IQ score? Is it one hundred forty+? |
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I think OP defined it as 140+ in her original question 18 months ago. I suspect different people have different definitions. My cynical side says the definition of "super high IQ" for most parents is "just about where my own child scored!" It's sort of like how many people define a slut as "anyone who has more sex than I do," and a prude as "anyone who has less sex than I do." |
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| My DS scored over 140 IQ on the WPPSI test last year (when he was almost 5). He is in K in Mont County public school. I have to say, I love my DS to pieces and think he is a wonderful, sweet, funny kid but he's not significantly above his peers in his K class in any discernable area - he's not in the highest reading or math group, for example. He's very happy with his school, though! As are we! |
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]110 Sidwell, working well and loving it... [/quote]
Since when is 110 considered a super high IQ? Mine is around 120 and I thought that was just slightly above average.[/quote] Don't you recognize a smart ass remark when you see one??? Hint: my kids IQ is 30 points less than your kid's, but he got into Sidwell , Ha ha and is happy ( what really matters) I think that is the posters point. Think everyone here knows what the "average" IQ is ever since we had to suffer through 8 years with "W" |
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[quote=Anonymous]What is considered a super high IQ score? Is it one hundred forty+?[/quote]
The WPPSI does not provide a score above 140. If it is recommended ,and a parent wants ,there are other tests that tease out the "super high IQ's" , which I always thought meant 170's- 180's . For example,the 9 year old who takes HS Honors Calc. and the 14 who is a frosh, not just in college, but at MIT, etc...I don't think there is any need to talk about your average smart kid with an IQ at or near 140 who is two grade levels ahead, right. I think every school has dozens of those. For extremely high IQ.there are lot's of resources in this area for children with this type of extraordinary intelligence such as Hopkins and CYT.Though these children do benefit from the social aspect of a regular school , they need to also have a place where everything seems at their speed, like they have "come home" as this level of intelligence if not carefully nurtured can be very isolating. Best of luck to you and your child. And folks, please try to hold back on the snarky comments. You wouldn't be attacking a mother who posted saying . " my child has ....this or that developmental dissability...anyone with advice??" Would you? Of course not. |
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Can anyone point me to a website/resource that correlates WPPSI scores and IQ?
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