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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“Gifted” kids throughout history have grown up as orphans, or were charged with farming 70 hours a week, they lacked books to read, lived through smallpox or Spanish flu, were sometimes enslaved.

If your kid is the marvel you seem to think, he’ll be fine. Part of genius is the drive to pursue all the amazing things your mind is capable of.

If your gifted kid is brought to tears by the boredom of his third grade spelling test, he’s not Penske material. Deal with it. [/quote]

This definition of "gifted" worked 100 years ago because back then schools were willing to exclude the bottom 10% of students who were disruptive and uninterested in learning. The result was a classroom capable of maintaining both high standards and discipline, and the need for any kind of differentiation disappeared for anyone but a genuine prodigy.

People don't want to admit it, but differentiation and inclusion go hand in hand. Otherwise you end up with what we have now, which is the worst of both worlds. [/quote]

This is true and rediculous. How can we expect a teacher to provide individualized differentiated instruction to 26 children. Even with specialists coming in l, it's rediculous. Children need pullouts or leveled classrooms to adequately meet their needs. Inclusion for specials, lunch and recess that's fine, but the current system of not challenging academic oriented children is not working.[/quote]

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