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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dumb kids check out and feel bored too. Their parents would rather think their kids are gifted. No rocket science here.[/quote]

It's easier to excuse your child if they're bored by saying they're gifted.  If they were truly gifted they would find a way to make learning not boring for them.[/quote]

:roll:  A 7-year-old who finishes an entire book during silent reading time (instead of just the chapter the class is working on) can't "find a way to make learning not boring" without getting in trouble with the teacher. Have you ever been in that situation? I have, and it stinks.[/quote]

Get another book.  Read a more challenging book.  Write a book report about the book.  There are many things he can do.  And yes I have been this student.[/quote]

You have been this student? I seriously doubt it from what you've written here.[/quote]

Not that PP (actually OP here), but I was that student, and my 7yo is now.  He will finish the entire book... Then start over and read it again.  He will happily read the same book three times in a row.  He enjoys the characters, he'll make up side stories about them in his head.  He gleans more from the story every time he reads it, and he just enjoys it.[/quote]

I think this about sums it up.  OP presents her child that has finished a book and re-reads it and gleans more from the story.  He finds ways to be creative and make learning fun.  PP presents that her child finishes the book and is bored.  She does not offer ways that her child has found to make learning fun and creative on his own.

OPs child sounds gifted.  [/quote]

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