Reply to Teachers are NOT the enemy!

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "Teachers are NOT the enemy!"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I get it. You think your precious little snowflake is special. And she is. To you, but really only to you. For what it's worth, [b]a truly advanced or gifted child is never bored in school as they will always find something to do.[/b] [/quote]

Yes, I've read this assertion quite often on DCUM. And I'm sure it's true, depending on how you define "truly", "advanced", "gifted", "never", "bored", "always", "find", "something", and "do".[/quote]

It's not just an assertion on DCUM. This is what a GT teacher will tell you, too.[/quote]

No, actually, this is not what a qualified GT teacher will tell you.  In MCPS, this is not even what the department of "accelerated and enriched instruction" which runs the gifted programs will say; AEI are the creators/administrators of gifted education in MCPS.  By definition, the HGCs are for kids "who can't be served in their home school".  This is approximately 50 kids per 2 clusters; but everyone knows there are more qualified students than seats for these programs.  Even the educational system admits that some students are so advanced that the idea that they will always find something to do in the regular classroom is incorrect.

Many parents of gifted children have learned that saying the word "bored" is a hot button for teachers.  After all, if the kid is bored, that must mean that the teacher is …. boring.  And most teachers will not admit that could be the problem.  See this Hoagie's gifted website at this link for more about "boring" and "gifted" kids -- http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/never_say_bored.htm.  Or this article from the Davidson Institute -- http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10316.aspx.  Even a national teacher's union -- the NEA -- has written on the subject of gifted kids and boredom -- http://neatoday.org/2013/09/18/are-we-failing-gifted-students/[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics