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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]You are not going to convince anyone that being the parent of an advanced learner is a harder row to hoe than being the parent of a child with special needs.[/quote]

Totally agree.
I am the parent of a grown highly gifted kid.  The only true special needs kids that are highly gifted are those whose parents emotionally stunt their growth.[/quote]

I have to strongly disagree.  I grew up as a highly gifted kid, school bored me to tears, and I feel my middle school and high school experiences were the things that did the most to intellectually, socially and emotionally stunt my growth.  The only thing that kept me going was being able to read and study on my own outside of school - and even that was difficult, as I grew up with a single mom, and she worked 2 jobs to support us.  I breezed through the curriculum but I learned early on that I would get bullied, harrassed and beaten up if other kids ever saw my grades (straight-A), or if I ever spoke up or participated in the classroom, so most of the time I sat quietly in the back of the room, kept to myself and would have to sneak books in and read them under my desk, or write in a journal, or do other things just to keep from being frustrated with boredom, because to me, the class moved at a snail's pace and rehashed and rehashed material I already mastered long ago.  I *never* had to study for tests, never had to work hard, was never challenged, and consequently feel I was totally unprepared when I got into college and finally encountered some challenging coursework for the first time.  Anyone saying it's not a problem or that it's all good really has no sound basis, no experience and has no clue whatsoever of what gifted kids go through.[/quote]

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