Why do so many people equate being "bored in class" with being gifted/advanced?

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Anonymous wrote:My DS in AAP is finished with his work way before many of the other kids. He is expected to sit quietly. Bored out of his mind.

Perhaps you should look into private schools. Or homeschool. Or just send him to school with a book.

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My kid in AAP is often finished first with her work, too. She is also expected to sit quietly at times. She has never reported being bored. I send her with books, however and she could read all day, if allowed. (She also plays, does several sports, has free time, etc. so I would not let her read all day.) Give your kid a book.

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Anonymous wrote:But would you automatically make the leap that ANYONE who is bored, must be gifted?

Like I said - I'm not questioning that advanced kids will get bored sometimes. I get that. I just don't see why there's always this assumption that bored = smart, when I don't always see a 1:1 correlation.

This is a false assumption. Who exactly is making this correlation?

[Anonymous]

Teacher here. Some gifted children do become bored in class, but that is because their teacher isn't differentiating instruction adequately and providing enrichment tasks or options. Usually "bored" children have learned that complaining to their mothers about being "bored" will redirect their mother's ire/blame for lackluster reports from the child onto the teacher or school.

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I was in the gifted program in school, and I remember being bored sometimes. It depended on the teacher. I had one teacher who didn't mind if I read quietly at my desk if I was done with my other work. I had another teacher that insisted that it was distracting others so I could only sit quietly doing nothing if I had already completed an assignment. I had a math teacher who made me give him my book as I entered the room, because he thought it was distracting others to have me working ahead as he taught them material that I already knew. Some teachers would let me work quietly at my own pace, and then give me additional things to work on that the rest of the class wasn't ready for or didn't have time for. The teachers that let me just do my own thing were the ones that didn't bore me. The teachers that insisted that I stay on pace with the class bored me to tears. I would fill in the holes of all the letters in my books to try to stay awake in those classes.

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Anonymous wrote: Usually "bored" children have learned that complaining to their mothers about being "bored" will redirect their mother's ire/blame for lackluster reports from the child onto the teacher or school.

For little kids, I'd say that's pretty "gifted" figuring that out. We're talking 1st grade? 2nd grade? I don't think they're that wily and if they are, good for them! (Making it up that they're bored to redirect the ire...O

[Anonymous]

Because it sounds better than "my kid can't keep up".

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: Usually "bored" children have learned that complaining to their mothers about being "bored" will redirect their mother's ire/blame for lackluster reports from the child onto the teacher or school.

For little kids, I'd say that's pretty "gifted" figuring that out.[u] We're talking 1st grade? 2nd grade? I don't think they're that wily and if they are, good for them! (Making it up that they're bored to redirect the ire...O

No, that isn't gifted behavior, dear for a 7 or an 8 year old to do. It is called manipulation of a situation which is completely age appropriate. Are you now trying to say if your kid claims he is bored when he isn't really bored it shows how gifted he is? O.M.G.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was bored at work yesterday. I doodled some pictures of my living room furniture arrangement options, flipped through some pictures on my phone and edited one to black and white, and adjusted my feet in my shoes.

Then I got back to work.
It happens

Bahaha! +100

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Usually "bored" children have learned that complaining to their mothers about being "bored" will redirect their mother's ire/blame for lackluster reports from the child onto the teacher or school.

For little kids, I'd say that's pretty "gifted" figuring that out.[u] We're talking 1st grade? 2nd grade? I don't think they're that wily and if they are, good for them! (Making it up that they're bored to redirect the ire...O

No, that isn't gifted behavior, dear for a 7 or an 8 year old to do. It is called manipulation of a situation which is completely age appropriate. Are you now trying to say if your kid claims he is bored when he isn't really bored it shows how gifted he is? O.M.G.

you're retarded

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For years, even starting in preschool, teachers told me "I think x is bored, he needs challenge, that is why he is impulsive, inattentive, etc. They tried every behavior chart in the book. The same teacher who told me he was bored in 2nd, gave him a 9 GBRS despite all 4's and very high test scores. We did not appeal his denial. Started AAP in 4th after a parent referral. In 4th still getting in trouble for being inattentive/bored/checked out/impulsive, still getting straight A's even with the harder curriculum.

Finally, I took him to a developmental pediatrician. I could not figure him out.

No big surprise we had a crystal clear ADHD diagnosis. He has had struggles socially and emotionally, but once we had a diagnosis, 504 plan and medication it was like night and day.

Our biggest struggle was that people always expected his social maturity/behavior to match his intellect. It did not, and honestly, I am not sure it does to this day.

I will say, our developmental pediatrician quoted a figure of 25% of gifted children also having ADHD.

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Usually "bored" children have learned that complaining to their mothers about being "bored" will redirect their mother's ire/blame for lackluster reports from the child onto the teacher or school

LOL! I was a Brownie leader. One of the girls constantly complained about being bored. It was usually when no one was paying attention to her. She was nowhere near the brightest child in the group. Closer to the other end. Actually, it was rude. I taught my kids that "bored" was a dirty word.

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Usually "bored" children have learned that complaining to their mothers about being "bored" will redirect their mother's ire/blame for lackluster reports from the child onto the teacher or school.


For little kids, I'd say that's pretty "gifted" figuring that out.[u] We're talking 1st grade? 2nd grade? I don't think they're that wily and if they are, good for them! (Making it up that they're bored to redirect the ire...O

No, that isn't gifted behavior, dear for a 7 or an 8 year old to do. It is called manipulation of a situation which is completely age appropriate. Are you now trying to say if your kid claims he is bored when he isn't really bored it shows how gifted he is? O.M.G.

This! Oh, Johnny is a behavior problem because he is bored! He's poking pencils at Joe because he is bored.......

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I have seen this from three sides: as a child who was skipped a grade, as a teacher, and as a parent of a GT child. Skipping a grade in ES hurt me and I was bored in math during my middle school thru high school years because I didn't truly understand the concepts, not because I was as advanced as I was in language arts and other subjects. As a teacher, I find enrichment for the truly advanced kids so they are never bored. My own daughter was bored in 1st grade but she tests off the charts.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Usually "bored" children have learned that complaining to their mothers about being "bored" will redirect their mother's ire/blame for lackluster reports from the child onto the teacher or school.

For little kids, I'd say that's pretty "gifted" figuring that out.[u] We're talking 1st grade? 2nd grade? I don't think they're that wily and if they are, good for them! (Making it up that they're bored to redirect the ire...O

No, that isn't gifted behavior, dear for a 7 or an 8 year old to do. It is called manipulation of a situation which is completely age appropriate. Are you now trying to say if your kid claims he is bored when he isn't really bored it shows how gifted he is? O.M.G.

you're retarded

Do you hope your children treat others as you do?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
Usually "bored" children have learned that complaining to their mothers about being "bored" will redirect their mother's ire/blame for lackluster reports from the child onto the teacher or school.


For little kids, I'd say that's pretty "gifted" figuring that out.[u] We're talking 1st grade? 2nd grade? I don't think they're that wily and if they are, good for them![u] (Making it up that they're bored to redirect the ire...O

No, that isn't gifted behavior, dear for a 7 or an 8 year old to do. It is called manipulation of a situation which is completely age appropriate. Are you now trying to say if your kid claims he is bored when he isn't really bored it shows how gifted he is? O.M.G.

This! Oh, Johnny is a behavior problem because he is bored! He's poking pencils at Joe because he is bored.......

Wait, this parent is saying if a first or second grader is lying by saying they are bored as a way to get their moms to not be upset with their poor performance and instead blame the school, well, then "good for them." Um...well if that doesn't take the cake. GOOD FOR THEM?