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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just started a private in DC and have to say it is going well..my child did score high on the WPPSI and clearly has some "gifts" but I don't know..I don't see her as ever bored..that sort of thing. She is learning to read better and will see if she is not appropriately tasked enough as time goes on. Looking at her friends..you can obviously see differences in ones that maybe wouldn't score as high but they are little kids. That being said..I feel like public would not be a fit because they don't seem to offer anything special in the early grades and our private does. I am actually considering switching to ffc public in third grade as they have a lot of special programs and it's an amazing school system. Personally I look at k as just as important learning to socialize as the other stuff..but I am laid back so maybe it's me. Frankly I see a lot of people really freaking out on worry that their kid won't get enough..what is enough? I felt that public wasn't enough because I thought the class size was higher and teachers really had to focus on kids who needed to get up to speed..private sort of screens that out..well most private. In the end..I really went back and forth on private vs public so I think private while better is maybe only a little better when you are talking really good school systems.[/quote]

You sound like you have a good perspective.

One thing that stuck with me was that the rule of thumb these days is not to tell your kid how smart they are or praise them for their smarts.  Praise the effort!  It's great advice but if your child isn't challenged enough to need to put forth effort what do you have to praise?  Is it the straight A report card?  Hopefully not because they certainly didn't work for that!  [/quote]

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