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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My "gifted" child was fine in elementary school. Elementary school is very basic wherever you go. I think language immersion would have been a good option for her. Yes sometimes she complained of boredom, but teachers made little adjustments. Parts of the class read more advanced books and she got exempt from spelling. One family I know advanced their child one grade and appreciate this approach. In Middle School it is more complicated. A lot of children struggle with math, and the accelerated math class where she goes is overkill with hours of boring repetitive apps. Their rationale is that if you have the privilege of accelerated math you have to work extra hard, but the result is that she is still bored, but now also hates math from doing the same thing over and over again. For the moment the middle school is not a great fit. When it works well the classes are engaging and encourage her to put out more effort.[/quote] My smart kid is being challenged in math at Deal. The school tests placement tests kids each year and my kid was able to take Algebra 1 in 6th and is currently in Algebra 2 in 8th with an outstanding teacher. Kid is going on to a private high school and was admitted to Sidwell, GDS etc. This is another kid who scored 99% in the city on the PARCC each year and 98%+ at their JKLM school and Deal. But there's no way I would say this kid is "gifted". To me, gifted is taking pre-calc in 4th grade. This kid is smart and articulate but no more so than 100 other DC kids I know. [/quote] Being academically advanced or doing well in school is different from being gifted, though many gifted kids are also academically advanced -- some are failing. And no, "gifted" is not taking pre-calc in 4th grade, though undoubtedly such a child is a math prodigy or savant.[/quote]
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