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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've been a teacher in DCPS for 15 years. I teach at the JKLM (this is for the racists out there who believe only smart kids exist at a JKLM). I've taught lots of bright kids. Kids reading several levels above grade expectation; can do "challenging math", were probably early talkers as infants and have great vocabulary. Out of all of those students, I've had exactly one truly gifted student- the kind of kid you remember 13 years later. Could beat adults in chess and was a classical pianist at the age of 5. Could decode any college level text I put in front of him. The parents didn't worry about challenging him academically- they wanted him to have a normal childhood and to have friends his age. The point in mentioning this kid? Every year I get parents who want to talk about their exceptional child because the kid can read Harry Potter in 1st grade and are bored with Zearn. If your child is freakishly exceptional- the teacher will say something about it like suggest testing (RARELY HAPPENS- again, one kid in my entire career). Also, most parents who think their kid is exceptional don't realize their child has other deficits- usually social/emotional stuff .[/quote] You are confusing prodigy with gifted.[/quote] “Gifted” as you define it is probably 25-50% of my DC’s class. We’re all highly educated parents with Ivy degrees yadda yadda. Our kids truly don’t need anything special.[/quote] What bothers me is that my lazy "gifted" kid isn't pushed at school (where at-risk participation is in the single digits). She coasts year after year, yet earns near perfect grades. I wind up bribing her to work harder than her teachers require, signing her up for enrichment classes, dangling summer camps she's eager to attend to leverage cooperation. This is what happens without bona fide GT programs in DC. Bright, well-prepared kids don't need to break a sweat in DCPS elementary schools.[/quote] I’m not sure that any kid needs to “break a sweat” in elementary school. That seems more like your family/parenting values, and less like anything related to the needs of “gifted” kids. My kid is likely as smart as yours but I don’t want him to grind in 3rd grade ....[/quote]
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