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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That level of gifted needs to not be attending regular school. Way too boring for him. Most privates would be inappropriate too.

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He's in private but not one of the top privates, or one that people talk about as being particularly good for gifted kids.  He followed an older sibling, because two different drop offs and pick ups seemed like it would be a pain.

He likes school, and never says "I was bored" about school, but he comes home from school with lots of pictures he's drawn and no homework and tells me "Oh we had free time in X class if we finished our work, so I did my homework there".  [/quote]

He needs IQ peers somewhere in his daily life.  Otherwise there is a distortion in communication.  Imagine someone with an IQ of 100 in a class aimed at IQs of 60.  That's the gap hes facing. Not much stretches the brain of someone that far from the main group.  We need outside challenges, as well as our own inner drive.

I have two now teens at the 145 level.  Chess helps. Musical instrument w excellent teacher has been a great steadying force for years. Sports teams , if kid has some skill, seemed to us helpful for a while.   Reading New Yorker, Atlantic, Economist, Federalist Papers.  No no not all at once.  But these are in our house and...sure enough they get read and discussions follow. Our public ES did a good job of putting the 5 140 IQ and up kids in the grade into the same classes.  They at least had each other and would work on their own activities or just play and talk together as soon as the regular class work was completed.  Davidson and other groups can help get you to some better matched choices.[/quote]

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