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[quote=Anonymous]1.) most normal people don't confuse boredom with giftedness.  Leave that diagnosis of confusion to be applied to the handful of wacky parents out there, don't go around applying everyone else with that broad brush, thank you. 
2.) the same "don't act like a jerk" applies to everyone in every camp on this message board
3.) most normal people don't confuse bad behavior with giftedness.  See 1.) above.

As for the solutions
1.) working with the teacher accomplishes little if they don't have the latitude to do anything with gifted kids
2.) Meaninfgul AAP/magnets/test in option doesn't exist in DC and it doesn't make sense to force people to have to relocate in order to meet their kid's needs - particularly given the fact that there are likely thousands of G&T kids in DC.
3.) The issue needs to be raised since there are clearly several posters in varying stages of denial here - for example,  a.) those who only want to acknowledge the 0.01% genius level as gifted versus the 3-5% who may have 140 IQ, b.) those who immediately conflate anyone who talks about giftedness with elitism (with distinct undertones of racism) and basically shut down and refuse to have any rational discussion beyond that, c.) those who acknowledge that there are gifted kids, but who deludely think they are magical beings who have perfect behavior and never get bored, and so on.  Clearly there are a lot of folks who really don't know what they are talking about.
4.) I can't comment on that one, my own experience was that I was a G&T kid from a poor background, was accepted at an Ivy but my family couldn't afford it, and now I'm a parent of a kid who tested very high as well and I need to know what solutions there are or could be.
5.) I live in DC, where they spend more per student than any district in the nation - and that includes spending more than the best school districts in the nation which do have things like excellent magnets and robust G&T programs - the money is there, it's just grossly mismanaged, and that's something that needs to be fixed as well.

Hope that clarifies as well.[/quote]

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