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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This sounds ridiculous.  Why would an 'average seeming' child excel more at a center than an 'obviously gifted' child.

Please remember that we are talking about people's children here.[/quote]

Because sometimes "obviously gifted" just means they do well in their base school.  That could be a nicely above average child (i.e. 92-95th percentile) who fits well with a traditional approach.  A 98-99 percentile child may not learn as well in traditional curriculum so may appear to be a "dim bulb" as some of the nasties here like to say, but when put into a different curriculum model can really excel.  I'm not saying "I heard" this either because I saw it with my own child.[/quote]

I see what you are saying.  Second grade is so young still, that just a hard working child can seem very above average because there's not much critical thinking that's is needed.  I'm sure some children really start to 'thrive' in a center environment because they are finally able to use their gifts to really think and problem solve, not just recite back facts.

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