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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no more OLSAT exam. Gifted & talented is now a lottery (no matter how much certain parents wish it wasn't).[/quote]

It shouldn't be a lottery. Everyone thinks their child is gifted but not every child is capable of doing work a grade, or more, level above their actual grade. Testing is the only way to assess.[/quote]

Gifted testing for kindergarten is useless. These programs should be eliminated. Wait until kids are older to start differentiating. Use resources for more important things. And if you are having gifted programs, only have them for kids whose zoned schools are truly bad - PS6 or 199 kids don't need to go to G&T.[/quote]

It isn't useless. I was a G&T parent and know the children and what happens in the classroom. Some children need differentiation starting in K. A kindergartner reading at a 4th grade level shouldn't have to sit around not learning for years. G&T programs hardly use any resources. Who are you to say the PS6 or 199 kids don't need G&T? Every family should choose the program that is right for their child and their family. I've known smart kids who were bored at 199.[/quote]

We turned down a top G&T for our top neighborhood Gen Ed. Tons of smart kids in class with our child, as well as plenty who weren't. My child ended up getting top scores on the ISEE and SHSAT and is racing through HS, on track for Ivies. And there are a number of other kids from their Gen Ed K class who are on a similar trajectory. They were not "bored." They did not need Russian Math. They were able to play sports or do art or dance and go to the park with friends and be kids. And they are now generally all very well adjusted, kind, smart, funny teenagers. [b]People need to get over themselves and chill.[/b] Save the G&T seats for kids who don't have a decent alternative. NYC public schools have limited resources. Don't hog them all with your snowflake.[/quote]

Says the person who has to brag that their child "is racing through HS, on track for Ivies", stereotypes kids in G&T programs, incorrectly states that G&T takes resources, thinks they alone should decide who G&T programs are for, and disrespects someone else's life experience by calling their child a snowflake. Take your own advice.

Opposition to G&T programs is all about the insecurities of the adults doing the opposing and not at all about what the kids actually need. [/quote]

NP: [b]No, it is about not wanting to be around parents whose self-worth is determined by their child succeeding on a random test when they are 4-5 years old. [/b]Or worse yet, the system is even now more arbitrary.

That poster was trying to give some context for their comments. But you are so insecure that you had to try to take them down a notch. You go with your bad self.[/quote]

Yet another post loaded with stereotypes. You shouldn't have bothered.[/quote]

Lots of the G&T parents posting here are justifying the stereotypes. YMMV.[/quote]

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