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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think a lot of you are missing something important. Its not just about being bored, its about having peers.

As the mother of a gifted and kind of nerdy girl, I want her to have a peer group where she can feel free to express herself which she DOES not in her home school.

She doesn't like being the one always raising her hand, or always finishing her worksheets first, or finding the reading assignment painfully easy. It's about feeling disconnected and like an outsider always and "hiding your light beneath a bushel."

Having said that, yes, kids are resilient and can survive this, but I just wanted to say it's not solely about being bored.
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What about the slow kids?

Or the kids with gender identity issues?

Or on the spectrum?

Or with brown skin in a predominantly white school or vice versa? [/quote]

Well, that's my point. We have empathy/programs/aides etc. for a lot of the kids you mentioned, but when it comes to gifted kids the attitude is they are just spoiled snowflakes who don't know how to entertain themselves.

I know my daughter would love to meet other girls as serious about learning as she is. She has lots of friends, but I know she feels isolated sometimes and out of it when she'd rather do logic games, or math problems than play.[/quote]

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