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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"This. You don’t see your child clearly. You just don’t. I’m a former teacher. I was once hounded by a parent asking me to write a letter of recommendation for a former student (after I’d stopped teaching). The parent sounded just like you: send me a computer file of a song the child wrote, composed and sang. It was awful. Told me how the child was doing this or that amazing thing - in The Nutcracker at the Kennedy Center, was bored at school, would make up problems and could do math beyond her years. She told me the current second grade teacher said the kid belonged in aap. I didn’t write the letter because not only would I not do it for anyone as a former teacher in the county, but I personally didn’t think this child was gifted from my interactions with her. Last year I ran into the second grade teacher at a meeting and she said she did not tell the family the child belonged in the program. She said she encouraged them to apply and correctly wrote positive gbrs comments but that she said she never told them their child was gifted, smarter than others, etc."

You are correct that parents don't see their kids clearly.  Then what often happens is the parent's pushing turns their DC's teachers against the entire family and a mess ensues.  Communication can fix this.

[b]There is "no doubt" this child is gifted, even with a 50% parent filter.  [/b]DC's teacher admits this.  Being gifted should in no way necessarily mean that they are a [b]good fit[/b] for any particular advanced school program.

[b]Fit is what the screening process tests, not the potential of the child.[/b]

The problem is that teachers/administrators haven't yet been able to convey to these parents that what is currently happening, lots of supplementing at home, is BY FAR the best thing for this child.

If the advanced program is going to consist of lots of work where the DC has to use their weakest skills, this is a [b]bad fit[/b] and will create a bigger mess.

OP, open your mind, and continue supporting your DC.  You already have already found what you need.[/quote]

Sigh. With those scores he will likely get in on appeal. But...you don’t know if this kid is gifted. [/quote]

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