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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]uh huh. sounds like your kid was a problem, not a solution[/quote]

+1.  It's easier to think that your kid is GT than admit there is a problem.  [/quote]

Behavioral problems / G&T are two totally separate things, and one has little to do with nor is explained away by the other.  [/quote]

Not really.  See the other poster above who describes a child with a high iq who was bored and probably understimulated at school.  
Also, that wasn't my point.  The above poster is probably a legit issue, but I feel like some parents seem to explain away behavior problems by believing that their kid is gifted.  That often isn't the case and the school get blamed because the parent is in denial.  Am I off base here?[/quote]

Yes.  You are off base and exceptionally smug about it.  But for by the grace of God go you...[/quote]

Let me guess, you have one of those "GT" kids and these darn teachers and schools don't seem to grasp how smart and unstimulated he is.  But for the grace of God go you, my dear.[/quote]

You know, I find it astounding that you and the other nasties on here find it impossible to engage in the meat of the arguments that have been presented.  All you can do is insult children you've never met on the basis of some offhand comments.  Says a lot about why the systems don't work for many kids and why, despite "reform" so many schools continue to fail.  I was educated in public schools and have watched their downfall for 25 years as results on standardized tests have trumped common sense.  I've always been a staunch advocate for public education but I just have to give up, because the will is not there to focus on what is best for children versus what is best for the adults making policy.  I don't have time to allow my child to be a guinea pig, so chances are strong that once we move home we will be going private or parochial so we can find the right school, with the right philosophy for our child, instead of some artificial flavor (i.e. charter X vs. charter Y vs. public Z) of the same tired model.  Again, if you want to be a sheep engaged in binary thinking (good kids/bad kids, smart kids/dumb kids), and insist that if they aren't succeeding in the current system it is their fault or the fault of their parents, you go for it.  But a growing number of us are rejecting the entire system based on the fact that its foundational premises are deeply flawed. [/quote]

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