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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My teacher spouse believes it creates fake "gifted" kids.  They are accelerated in the early years in school because they start ahead of the other kids having gone through preschool twice (and often in a Preschool 1 then Preschool 2 program).  They get easily bored in class and are then pushed into the gifted programs or at the very least given different work.

She says it all catches up with them in HS where she's a teacher (9th grade honors science course).  Gifted in ES means they get in the advanced classes in MS and usually do okay, however, they flounder when funneled into the advanced/honors and AP tracks in HS.

Says she gets lots of parents who are very "my kid has NEVER had an issue until now so it is clearly not HIM that is the cause" and refuse to see that their kid isn't actually gifted like they thought.

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That’s a very interesting point.  I’ve been uncomfortable with the whole evaluation for aap in second grade thing, and this articulates why it can be an issue. [/quote]

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