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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These children are clearly gifted and brilliant! All bad behavior in DC is dismissed as a sign of intelligence.

(I know this because a CC friend inferred that my son wasn't bright because he is well behaved and polite.)[/quote]

This is a common theme on DCUM too -- kids who misbehave in the W schools (and BCC) do so because they are bored in class, ie, the kids are gifted.[/quote]

Well, the other common theme on DCUM is disbelief that kids can be bored in class or gifted.   It absolutely does not excuse bad behavior, but many of us have well-behaved kids who are nonetheless bored and/or gifted.  Signed, mom of kid who never gets in trouble and is miserably bored in school.[/quote]

Everyone is bored at school. Your child isn't unique. I have never read that children aren't bored or gifted. Bad behavior is not a sign of intelligence. If it was then kids in certain failing schools in DC would be scoring better on standardized tests. Rich people see their children's bad behavior as intelligence but poor kids' bad behavior is proof of criminality.[/quote]

No, my child isn't unique, but definitely not true that everyone is bored at school.  Totally agree with you that bad behavior is not a sign of intelligence.  And I agree that rich people around here don't expect their children to behave respectfully, which makes no sense.  But I have seen -- PLENTY -- on DCUM that if you say your kid is bored in school (NOT as an excuse for bad behavior, just is bored) you are slammed with a hammer.  Same with "gifted" (a word I never use, because it's such a third rail).[/quote]

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