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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] But I see all of these parents so convinced their children are so gifted and so far ahead of all of the other kids that I fear those children will grow into some really ego-centric, arrogant and possibly dysfunctional adults.
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Really? I don't see that where I live. Especially because, once the children get to school, it immediately becomes evident that there is at least a small group of children doing the same things. I was a little worried when I sent child #1 to kindergarten already reading -- not that she would be bored, but that she would spend a year learning that c-a-t spells cat, which she already knew. As it turned out, though, there were 4 or 5 early readers in her kindergarten class.

Plus, also, the value of persistence and the disadvantages of believing in one's own intellectual superiority have no bearing on whether or not the idea that children -- including gifted children -- can be bored in school is ridiculous.

And nobody (at least on this thread) has reported that what they found boring was rote memorization. Boring is having to go over and over things you have already thoroughly learned, with no alternative for doing anything else. I really don't see how anybody could deny that this is so.[/quote]

I'm going to try this one more time, because, as gifted as your kids are, I think you have some comprehension issues.  All kids can get bored in class, gifted, nongifted.  I didn't say that smart kids don't get bored.  My point is that being bored is also part of the growing up process.  Even smart kids need to learn to deal with boredom.  The problem is parents who insist their kids are so gifted that they are not being challenged every minute of class and shouldn't have to ever deal with boredom and should be able to do other things because they're that gifted.  It's the "how dare a teacher expect my brilliant child to sit still for a few minutes and wait patiently for the teacher to explain a math problem that she (the child) already understands!"

All kids -- gifted and nongifted -- get bored in school at different times for different reasons.   Sure, if they're completely bored every minute of every day in school, then maybe they need to be moved to a different level or advance a grade.  But for most kids, this is not the case.  And my guess is that it is not the case for most of the people here arguing how gifted and unchallenged their kid is.  It's more likely there are lulls in the day.  And sometimes the kid already knows something being taught.  But there is value in that kid learning to deal with boredom, learning patience and not seeing herself/himself as so far above everyone else that she/he should never have to deal with boredom, that she/he should be allowed to break the rules, to do other things, in the name of not letting her/his huge intellect go unchallenged for even a short time in the day.

It's good for kids to be challenged in other ways than just intellectually.  Dealing with moments of boredom does challenge them to learn patience.   And I simply do not believe that there are as many brilliant kids suffering from lack of challenge as many parents would have us believe. [/quote]

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