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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When are you going to understand that "move to VA already" is simply not an acceptable answer to many of us?

Here's a solution:  Why don't those of you who do live in VA and do have G&T programs do the rest of us a favor and just stop posting already, given you obviously do not understand or relate to the problem here in DC.[/quote]

Anyone want to try their hand at parodying this one?  I'll give it a shot.

"I chose to live in DC where there are no gifted programs. DC is bored in school, he also disrupts the class on a regular basis, so I don't think you need anymore evidenc that he's a genius. I am too good for the burbs, so DC must change. If I post for 30 pages on DCUM, that should bring sympathy for me and gifted programs to DC."[/quote]

That's not at all what was being said.  There [i]are[/i] many kids in DC public schools [i]who have been tested to have very high IQ[/i] but whose needs are not being met by the DCPS system.

30 pages and you still didn't comprehend that basic reality that there are indeed children [i]who test with high IQ, for whom traditional curriculum is not enough and whose needs are not being met (and yes, many do indeed get bored as a result)[/i], and instead, once again you insisted on repeating your same old stale, backward-logic nonsense about "oh, my little Johnny is bored, therefore he must be gifted, no need for testing, just give me the program".  Nobody here but you has ever suggested that boredom is an indicator of giftedness.  What's been said is that all kids can get bored.  But more to the point regarding gifted children is that gifted children may more easily get bored in class because it moves at far too slow of a pace and is too repetetive for gifted learners, and that they can benefit from acceleration and additional challenge from the normal curriculum.  That's an entirely different concept from what you keep repeating.[/quote]

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