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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A rant.. I was speaking with someone who held her child back (red shirted K) because he has a March birthday. He's now is second grade and the mom is always complaining about how bored her son is in school.  Well maybe if she sent her son to school on time, it wouldn't be an issue.

Signed a mom who has a son with a late August birthday who sent their child to school on time.[/quote]

1) An advanced kid doesn't get held back.
2) Boredom in school doesn't signal gifted or talented behavior. Gifted and talented children do not get bored at school. [/quote]

1.) Depends on the school - there are a lot of schools where teachers will just teach to the middle and basically ignore the advanced and underperforming kids.

2.) Agree that boredom and G&T are definitely not synonymous - but it's absolutely *not* true that G&T kids won't get bored in school.  ANY kid can get bored in school.  And, if the coursework feels too slow or remedial to a G&T kid, and he doesn't have something else to occupy his time, that's a good reason why he *will* get bored.  [/quote]

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