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[quote=Anonymous]I was in the gifted program by 3rd grade, when we moved to a school district that had one, but had been pulled out since first grade to go to higher classes for reading and math.  I was already reading chapter books when I started kindergarten, so when they did letters or reading, they just sent me to another part of the class with a book - sometimes spent most of the day separated from the class, which I think made it hard to socialize and make friends.  I was better than average, particularly with reading and writing (and I assume had a high IQ since that was the test I took for the program, though I have no idea what my IQ is), but I actually was the child of a truly gifted person - my father. Compared to him, I was nothing special. He skipped at least four grades, was studying calculus on his own in junior high (!) and got his masters in the sciences by 19. He finished his doctoral work by 21, but was so burned out he didn't want to do a dissertation, and he dropped out.  His whole life, his parents pushed him and he wouldn't let any of his kids skip grades.  He wasn't super pushy with me at all.  I am thankful for that, as I was already enough of a nerd and an outcast between leaving class for GT and all the moving (went to 10 different schools). But I was bored, and like some of the other PPs, I got good grades with almost zero effort, which makes me a deadline chaser and a procrastinator, especially since I pretty much am always able to pull something out that people like.  But I don't think my parents should have done anything differently, except perhaps private school would have been a better place academically - but they had many children and it wasn't really a financial option.  I think they did their best.

For my own kid, I'm not sure how I'll manage school - he seems very bright and super verbal, but he is just two, so who knows?  I feel strongly about trying to make public school work, because a kid has to deal with life as well as school, and public school isn't as sheltered.  But if he turns out to be bored, or has other issues with school, we'll look at private, though god knows how we'll afford it.  No skipping grades though.  One day at a time.[/quote]

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