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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There were only 32 kids at our test site according to my DS. He was also very excited by the main question. Said he solved it quickly but it took awhile to actually write it up!  He talked about the question for nearly 10 minutes! (remind me to never fall ill on a boat and have the closest  coast guard 400 miles away. Or at least I want to be on a boat traveling faster than 10 miles an hour!)

I was most amused by how my son said he had a hard time thinking how to write since there was no spell check on the software! Said he picked words he knew how to spell a few times!!  Yes, dear little one, spelling is important![/quote]

am a little scared that a kid who needs spell check is considering TJ. [/quote]

You can be a math/science genius and a terrible speller, you know. Or maybe you are the parent whose kid gets a 100% on all their spelling tests and thinks they should get into AAP.[/quote]

No. But my math whiz kid was a great speller too.

I get that SOME very bright kids can have difficulties with spelling, I do.   But to say spelling is unnecessary because we have spell check is like saying knowing how to add, subtract, multiply and divide doesn't matter because we have calculators.  You still have to get the basics no matter how plugged into information you are. You still need to be able to reason and express yourself.   A child whose ability to write intelligently is limited without a computer or other aids is not going to come across as well as a child who isn't.   And when we're talking about TJ applicants, I'm willing to bet  you have plenty of math geniuses who can spell just fine without spellcheck.  [/quote]

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