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

Forum Index » Advanced Academic Programs (AAP)

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

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]I see a lot of people on here that claim their kids are gifted or "need" to be in AAP because they are bored in class, regardless of testing scores, reading level or other objective measures.

I don't really get it.  Yes, I know that a lot of advanced kids do get bored by slower-paced instruction and repetition.  I also know a lot of really advanced/gifted kids that do NOT get bored in class - they just dig into whatever they are learning and find ways to enjoy it, even if it is below their level.  Conversely, I've known many kids who are academically average (or even below average) who do get bored ... because they don't enjoy the material, it's not interesting to them - not necessarily because it's "too easy".

Among the groups of kids I know - the ones that are the most academically advanced are the ones that are LEAST likely to get bored.  They are love learning, and know how to challenge themselves.  Say they have a worksheet of basic math facts, something they already know cold.  Instead of saying "I already know this, I'm bored", they will make a game out of it - look for new patterns, see if they can finish it faster than they did last time, something like that.  They are intrinsically self-motivated.  The kids who simply don't enjoy math are the ones who will take that worksheet and say "this is boring".

I'm not saying that bright kids won't ever get bored, I know that some of them can and will. I just don't get the correlation that any bored kid "must" be academically gifted, or (s)he wouldn't be bored.  Am I totally missing something here?[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics