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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gifted kids are rarely bored. It's a myth that a child is bored in school because she's so gifted.[/quote]

+1,000,000 (former teacher here)[/quote]

This is b.s. If a child is doing work below his/her instructional level, it will be boring, especially if there is no natural extension to the work.  It's hard to tease out though because school is kinda boring for a lot of kids, so it's hard to say if it's due to lack of challenge or impatience with sitting at a desk for most of the day.  Some kids also tolerate lack of challenge better than others. [/quote]

It is absolutely not b.s.  I'm talking about truly gifted children.  When writing about something a gifted child has already easily digested long ago, you'll see things in his writing that are new, unique and insightful.  Apply this now to math, science or any other subject.  For you to say school is boring for "lots of kids" this is not what I'm talking about.  I'm talking about the rare, truly gifted child.  [/quote]

Yes, because gifted kids are all the same :roll:  The absolute statements on this board are entertaining.  [/quote]

Gifted kids find ways to make things interesting and fresh in their minds. They can get bored with having to do 2 digit addition again and again.  But then they might get tired of being bored and come up with a new method, make different connections or something different.  I agree that the truly gifted child doesn't stay bored.  I actually think that this is the very best criteria to use to identify a gifted child. For the record, my child doesn't qualify. [/quote]

While this is accurate, parents of kids who are bored will report back that their geniuses have been bored and therefore the absolute statements on this board are entertaining.[/quote]

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