Reply to Honors for All: when will it end

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "Honors for All: when will it end"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]Unfortunately, everyone who has any resources whatsoever thinks their child is either highly gifted or gifted and disabled.  This has been a trend for the past 10 years.  As a teacher, I can tell you that most of the kids that the parents say are so gifted are really only average to slightly above but they have tons of parent support. UMC parents here simply cannot accept that their child is probably more likely average with privilege.  This means the district bends over backwards to help make the parents feel special.  Even more frustrating are the parents who demand special Ed services because they think their child is so gifted but they are only able to perform at the average range because they have a “disability” (adhd, autism, anxiety). Turns out most of these kids just feel bad about themselves because they can’t live up to the ridiculous expectations.  It makes me laugh how we are constantly trying to make parents feel better about themselves by pretending we agree with them but then again, it’s not worth the tantrums the families take.  Sadly, the kids end up never being able to live up to these ridiculous expectations.  [/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