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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FWIW, I was GT at a [b]Catholic school [/b]as a kid and they obviously didn't have the resources to pull me out for special instruction for reading. As background: I was head and shoulders above my peers and the school urged my parents to have me skip a grade (they opted not to since I was the youngest in my class).  For reading, I sometimes read with the highest reading group, but most of the time I was given different books and different assignments --- but the assignments were more open-ended (ie: not a lot of thought put into them on the teacher's part --- usually something like draft a summary and then one or two creative writing type questions).  I worked solo as reading groups were going on around me. [b]Not a big deal --- I turned out okay. [/b]Your GT kid will be fine. I think there's a great deal to be said about learning how to work independently (that's what you need to do once you hit HS, college and grad school -- there's no hand-holding).[/quote]

Catholic schools are well-known for teaching to the middle.

You "turned out ok" is not a ringing endorsement for the way your school and teachers handled things.  I never rode in a carseat, but I "turned out ok."  I won't consider not putting my kids in carseats however.

GT kids have needs in the same way that struggling students do.  It is unfair to GT kids to make them the sacrificial lambs for the benefit of their lower-functioning peers.[/quote]

See, this is what annoys people about GT parents - the way you just blasted the PP for all the wrong reasons, all in aid of what looks like your own sense of entitlement.

Leaving aside your sideswipe of catholic schools in general, the catholic school example is totally irrelevant to your obvious agenda concerning public school gifted programs. In any case, you need to re-read her post, because she said the catholic school gave her separate books and assignments, so it's not like they didn't try. And I'm sure even you figured this out, but "I turned out OK" is more humility and flame-avoidance, and she never actually meant to say, "I do pretty well at my night job as a convenience store clerk."

Just to establish my own cred for you, my kids are both in MoCo magnets after both being in earlier MoCo magnets. But with friends like you on our side, we don't need enemies.[/quote]

Actually, she said that she was left on her own with separate books and assignments, with not a lot of thought put into them on the teacher's part.  So they tried.  Was it enough?  You tell me:  Do you think this is an acceptable way to handle GT students' needs in our school system?  Because I don't.[/quote]

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