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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The center model has worked well for all three of my children. One has an IQ of 155, another has 132. The third has a GAI of 141, and a 504 for extreme low processing. Basically small class for testing and longer testing time.

For the 1st, MS was the first challenging environment and mainly because of self-stress. By 8th grade, DC was all As. For the 2nd, the center provides an environment where DCs perfection is rewarded. For the 3rd, the center has proven to be a great reward as DCs teachers understand 2E kids.

The GE model would have created hardship for my kids. [b]DC1 was basically an in-class tutor for k-2. [/b]Even the school said they couldn't do much for DC than they were doing. For DC 2, the lowest common denominator model used in GE was not beneficial to DCs perfectionism. As for DC3, being 2E and in an environment in which the teacher is certified in gifted education had been great!

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What's wrong with that?  A big part of the younger grades is socialization and learning to get along.  Is your DC's intelligence going to drain away if she has to help others?  Could it be these children your resent your daughter had to help might have something to teach her?

And how do you know the GE model (most of us call it public school) would create hardship for your kids?  I've had kids in both and somehow they've all managed to get fine educations.  Your attitude of entitlement is a perfect example of what is wrong  with the whole AAP system.  I'm not saying that they don't deserve to be there, because they sound very smart.  I'm just saying since they're not in GE you don't know what mixing with the unwashed might have taught them.  [/quote]

Really?  You don't see anything wrong with [b]having a child not learn a thing, [/b]but instead spend his/her time helping other children?  [/quote]

Not learn a thing???  Like nails on a chalkboard.[/quote]

Yup.  I was the PP who dared suggest that super bright kids might actually learn something from helping kids who aren't at their academic level.  I know that because I was that kid back in the day. Schoolwork was easy, I was always ahead, etc.  I helped the teacher, I helped other kids and they helped me.  The outgoing ones taught me how to get along better with other kids and even spoke for me when I was too shy to say anything in front of class.  From the ones who struggled with reading or math, I learned to appreciate that not everything comes easily for everyone.  I also learned that the measure of a person is not how they perform in school.

I can't help but think that these lessons are still as valuable today as they were back when. I had a son in the GT and I watched him and his classmates struggle with the imbalance between their super-developed brains and under-developed social skills.  I can't help but think they might have benefitted a little hanging out with average kids who could get along with anyone.  You can talk about more competition today and kids needing to meet certain benchmarks to position themselves for college and beyond, but facts can always be learned.  I have yet to meet a gifted kid who isn't constantly learning new things-- often on his/her own.  But I have met quite a few where I wonder how they'll ever get along in life with a complete inability to relate to other people.  It's not all about gifted kids academic advancement and I feel sorry for the parents who have convinced themselves that it is.  IMO,they've bought into a silly race to nowhere and the people who ultimately suffer will be their kids.  [/quote]

What? My gifted kid is very popular and relates very well to others. Her social skills are fine. I dare say we could bring it down a notch. She's a social butterfly. And let's be clear, even in a gifted program there is a ranking of intelligence. So essentially she is with kids who are not as quick as she is and who everything doesn't come easy too and she is with kids who get things faster than she does and she's the one realizing it takes longer for her than someone else. She's not missing out on anything being at a center. [/quote]

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