Who thinks it is ridiculous when someone says his/her child is bored in school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It's only a "waste of your time" because you clearly don't get it. Clearly you were never a gifted child yourself, nor are you the parent of a gifted child. Essentially, the situation for a G&T child would be like putting a high school student into a 4th grade classroom and expecting him to get something productive and useful out of it. Good luck with that.

This is quite unbelievable. I say this only because I feel I have to: I was tagged gifted, I'm a national merit scholar, and my kids are both in magnet programs. I have experience; you don't want to hear it. So you resort to that stupid old canard about my kids and me being stupid.

Boy oh boy. You are not only manipulative, you're a rude ASSHAT. I feel sorry for your kids with a parent who is so obviously an ASSHAT as you are.

Over and out.

...and you are obviously so intelligent that you are here loudly proclaiming you know for a fact that we are all wrong and that none of the rest of us ever experienced any of those issues. Seems that hat fits you better than it does the rest of us. Over and out? Good. Stay gone. Because, you have nothing of value to contribute here.

[Anonymous]

Heh heh. It looks like someone else's experience is "nothing of value" if it doesn't agree with your opinion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It's only a "waste of your time" because you clearly don't get it. Clearly you were never a gifted child yourself, nor are you the parent of a gifted child. Essentially, the situation for a G&T child would be like putting a high school student into a 4th grade classroom and expecting him to get something productive and useful out of it. Good luck with that.

This is quite unbelievable. I say this only because I feel I have to: I was tagged gifted, I'm a national merit scholar, and my kids are both in magnet programs. I have experience; you don't want to hear it. So you resort to that stupid old canard about my kids and me being stupid.

Boy oh boy. You are not only manipulative, you're a rude ASSHAT. I feel sorry for your kids with a parent who is so obviously an ASSHAT as you are.

Over and out.

I'm not the first pp, but your experience does not make you an expert nor does it justify the use of absolute statements.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It's only a "waste of your time" because you clearly don't get it. Clearly you were never a gifted child yourself, nor are you the parent of a gifted child. Essentially, the situation for a G&T child would be like putting a high school student into a 4th grade classroom and expecting him to get something productive and useful out of it. Good luck with that.

This is quite unbelievable. I say this only because I feel I have to: I was tagged gifted, I'm a national merit scholar, and my kids are both in magnet programs. I have experience; you don't want to hear it. So you resort to that stupid old canard about my kids and me being stupid.

Boy oh boy. You are not only manipulative, you're a rude ASSHAT. I feel sorry for your kids with a parent who is so obviously an ASSHAT as you are.

Over and out.

I'm not the first pp, but your experience does not make you an expert nor does it justify the use of absolute statements.

Yes, we get it. Those of us with older gifted kids are either (a) trolls, (b) really stupid and just lying about having gifted kids, or (c) not qualified to talk on DCUM because ... why was that? Oh, right, you say that DCUM is not a democracy and you folks with precocious four-year- olds get to decide whose experience is valid and whose isn't.

Got it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, two parents of gifted children speak for all families with gifted children, and therefore it must be so that no gifted child ever gets bored? Have you ever heard of statistical extrapolation?

Why yes, I have done my share of statistics in grad school and in work. I don't think "extrapolation" is the word I'd use in this context, actually.

It's more than 2 of us, BTW - I've seen others who share my views talk to each other on this thread.

Please stop distorting our views. We've been very careful to state that ALL kids get bored in school at some point, but this is not necessarily the terrible crisis some of you seem to think it is, nor do gifted kids need special protections, nor would shielding gifted kids from all boredom necessarily be good for them.

Not PP, but I need to chime in.

This is a straw man argument. No one has argued that gifted kids should be shielded from all boredom. I'm talking about kids who are bored all day, every day because they are in a school that doesn't fit them and their learning styles. This can be very negative for some gifted and highly gifted kids. See my prior reference to Barbara Kerr's work for more explanation if you are more interested in exploring the subject of how poor school match affects gifted kids a group, rather than just individual gifted kids (like yours).

Some gifted kids (especially boys) need a better match. Gifted kids drop out of high school at higher rates, especially in lower income groups.

The issue of funding is also a straw man. The argument shouldn't be whether we fund SN fully or GT fully, but why aren't we funding both fully? If we reduced the military budget there would be more federal money available for schools.

[Anonymous]

SENG has some suggestions for how parents can address the "bored in school" problem for GT kids:

http://www.sengifted.org/archives/articles/what-should-i-do-if-my-child-isn’t-sufficiently-challenged-at-school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It's only a "waste of your time" because you clearly don't get it. Clearly you were never a gifted child yourself, nor are you the parent of a gifted child. Essentially, the situation for a G&T child would be like putting a high school student into a 4th grade classroom and expecting him to get something productive and useful out of it. Good luck with that.

This is quite unbelievable. I say this only because I feel I have to: I was tagged gifted, I'm a national merit scholar, and my kids are both in magnet programs. I have experience; you don't want to hear it. So you resort to that stupid old canard about my kids and me being stupid.

Boy oh boy. You are not only manipulative, you're a rude ASSHAT. I feel sorry for your kids with a parent who is so obviously an ASSHAT as you are.

Over and out.

I'm not the first pp, but your experience does not make you an expert nor does it justify the use of absolute statements.

Yes, we get it. Those of us with older gifted kids are either (a) trolls, (b) really stupid and just lying about having gifted kids, or (c) not qualified to talk on DCUM because ... why was that? Oh, right, you say that DCUM is not a democracy and you folks with precocious four-year- olds get to decide whose experience is valid and whose isn't.

Got it.

There is such anger about gifted kids. Some people just continue to insist they don't exist and get very angry that they do.

[Anonymous]

The continual anger about gifted children perplexes me. But pretending that they do not exist is just ignorant... and jealous.

[Anonymous]

Boredom can be a symptom of a lack of challenge. It does get worse in later grades. Some schools just are not very good --even if they tell you they are the best ever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The continual anger about gifted children perplexes me. But pretending that they do not exist is just ignorant... and jealous.

Who the fuck on this thread has said that gifted kids don't exist? Pardon the language, but this statement, and others like it that you have made, are really outrageous.

You must be stupid as heck to think that flat-out lying like this is a valid rhetorical strategy.

People hate parents of gifted kids like you. This is because so many of you seem pretty stupid and have awful behavior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The continual anger about gifted children perplexes me. But pretending that they do not exist is just ignorant... and jealous.

Are you a troll? Are you a twelve-year old? Are you trying to give gifted programs a bad name? Please stop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The continual anger about gifted children perplexes me. But pretending that they do not exist is just ignorant... and jealous.

Who the fuck on this thread has said that gifted kids don't exist? Pardon the language, but this statement, and others like it that you have made, are really outrageous.

You must be stupid as heck to think that flat-out lying like this is a valid rhetorical strategy.

People hate parents of gifted kids like you. This is because so many of you seem pretty stupid and have awful behavior.

Lady, you have become unhinged.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The continual anger about gifted children perplexes me. But pretending that they do not exist is just ignorant... and jealous.

Who the fuck on this thread has said that gifted kids don't exist? Pardon the language, but this statement, and others like it that you have made, are really outrageous.

You must be stupid as heck to think that flat-out lying like this is a valid rhetorical strategy.

People hate parents of gifted kids like you. This is because so many of you seem pretty stupid and have awful behavior.

Lady, you have become unhinged.

That settles it. You're a troll.

You can't possible be a real person who thinks we're jealous of you because, honest to God, you seem like an idiot and even money your kids are idiots too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The continual anger about gifted children perplexes me. But pretending that they do not exist is just ignorant... and jealous.

Who the fuck on this thread has said that gifted kids don't exist? Pardon the language, but this statement, and others like it that you have made, are really outrageous.

You must be stupid as heck to think that flat-out lying like this is a valid rhetorical strategy.

People hate parents of gifted kids like you. This is because so many of you seem pretty stupid and have awful behavior.

Several posts on this thread have called PPs liars for claiming to have gifted kids or highly gifted kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The continual anger about gifted children perplexes me. But pretending that they do not exist is just ignorant... and jealous.

Who the fuck on this thread has said that gifted kids don't exist? Pardon the language, but this statement, and others like it that you have made, are really outrageous.

You must be stupid as heck to think that flat-out lying like this is a valid rhetorical strategy.

People hate parents of gifted kids like you. This is because so many of you seem pretty stupid and have awful behavior.

Lady, you have become unhinged.

You know, there was a poster last year who posted continually on every AAP thread with increasingly angry posts, often including comments about suing fcps or organizing class action lawsuits on behalf of the kids (hers) who did not get accepted to AAP. Very similar tone to the writing. A hybrid of bored troll, and whacko, out of control bitter mom. I wonder if it is the same person.