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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I used to work as a school counselor in a school that had a program for "highly gifted" (140 and above IQ). These kids had many problems socially and 1/3 had anxiety, OCD, behavioral issues and other challenges. While it might have given them a more challenging academic program the impact of putting them all together and isolating them from their same age peers was not worth it.  It is the same logic behind why we don't have kids skipping grades.[/quote]

This is BS. Most people who are extremely smart, are well rounded. Those kids need fostering, because they have abilities that others can't relate to. I know of one such kid, who had no friends until the kid went to an exclusive profoundly gifted program, where the child is being served and happy, because now the child has peers that can understand his/her ideas and conversation.

The school system does not need to make kids skip grades, but they do need to provide the children with opportunities to achieve their potential. I know that years ago in FX and Montgomery Co.s you could advance several grades in Math. Now you can only advance one grade level. That is stealing learning opportunities from these children. In the long run these children are being brutally underserved. If a child is so quick in one area, and has the desire and drive to, the child should be allowed to advance.

[quote=Anonymous]I agree. I know a so called "gifted kid".On one hand, he is not listening at all and not doing well in school.Being aggressive and bossy, he has no any close friends.He doesn't know how to communicate. When he is mad, he pushes others.Usually he seems like to live in a isolated world. On the other hand, he is doing incredibly great on NNAT/Cogat test.He got 140s for both of them.

Honestly, it's a headache and pretty challenge to be his mom. We all should feel lucky that we just have an average kid:)[/quote]

Would you say to his mom to her face that your kid is "so called "gifted""? How are you helping this kid, or is your jealousy keeping you at bay?[/quote]

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