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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s so bad that even parents are like- gifted kids will figure it out. Why? Why don’t they deserve the same resources and consideration that low performing kids do? Just because they don’t cause problems doesn’t mean they don’t deserve a high quality education.  We pay for special ed teachers to run tiny sheltered classes for the disabled. Why can’t we pay gifted teachers to run tiny sheltered classes (magnets!) for the highly able students?

I know- it’s the anti-intellectualism of America. Those kids will be just fine. Don’t be all up on your high horse, there, bucko. Throw in some anti-Asian and anti-immigrant sentiment and you’ve got the current response to magnets.

It’s infuriating. [/quote]

As a parent of a child with autism, I kindly ask you to refrain from acting like kids with disabilities all get "tiny sheltered classes". It is extremely difficult to get into those classes and the kids that do really need them (and many more also need them but are not able to access them).[/quote]

You’re right of course- they don’t. But what if MCPS proposed getting rid of those classes altogether? Those kids will be “fine”. They don’t need specialized instruction. Have them take virtual classes. We would never do that, and that’s my point. Why is it okay to deliberately ignore the needs of the gifted kids? And my answer was- ‘Merica, dude. [/quote]

American attitudes around gifted education and high performers, part of the broader social ethos of "equity" = "the same for everyone," is why the US is falling further and further behind China and India, and we're baking this widening gap in for generations to come. This is the thing that nobody in educational circles here in the US wants to talk about or admit.

It is fundamentally not true that gifted children will just figure it out and be ok wherever they are. What a disgusting statement, like they're throwaway children. Anyone who is arguing this obviously doesn't understand the social and psychological challenges for gifted children.[/quote]

This is my point. And I’m not suggesting we ever get rid of specialized small classes for special ed!! I think they shouldn’t get rid of specialized small classes for gifted kids! And to me it’s insulting that people assume my kid can “figure it out”. How would you feel if someone said that about your child? I agree with the above PP. It has to do with how America has always been uncomfortable with “nerds”. And now, how dare the striver immigrant parent of a smart kid ask for their needs to be met? Just figure it out yourself. Infuriating. [/quote]

We have a smart kid who got waitlisted for Blair but we wouldn't have chosen it anyway due to the commute/after-school activities and they didn't like the classes required.  Guess what, we have to figure it out as our school doesn't offer any advanced classes and MCPS will not let us get a tutor and do independent study.  The W schools have all these advanced classes; the other schools don't.  Why should we as taxpayers, pay for classes our kids have no access to?   I don't think you even understand the issues.[/quote]

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