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Reply to "Teachers, is it true that most of the parents you deal with think their children are 'gifted'?"
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[quote=Anonymous]When I taught in low income schools, no. The parents there often assume their kids were average academically and were more likely to believe their child had athletic or performance arts talent. Sad, but true. When I got an academically gifted kid, I pushed the parents to take advantage of whatever free or low cost opportunities I could find. In my high income school, it's true and it is causing extreme anxiety for kids, parents, and staff. A mom asked me about a highly competitive HS program that a friend's son got into the year before.The student's scores, work ethic, and overall raw ability are way below my friend's son and he barely got in so I declined to recommend. I didn't tell her why, but she was really upset. She asked another teacher who complied. The kid didn't get in and the mother blamed me because she argued that the rec would have been stronger coming from the current subject area teacher.[/quote]
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