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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just don't think really bright kids get bored.  (I do think kids/parents use the term as an excuse when there are behavioral issues.)[/quote]

Agreed.  I have one friend who says her son is bored, so he acts out.  There are lots of smart kids in class that DON'T act out.[/quote]

Disagree.

One of my kids was one of those doing math/writing stories/reading chapter books kindergartners. He spent the whol first half of the year in constant trouble for being off task and acting up. My explaination to the teacher when trying to fix the problem was the classic "he's bored" I just had the wrong words to express what was happening. When in desparation I asked the kid why he wasn't doing the work and why he was always acting up, he look at me calmly and said "All they do all day is count, trace numbers and A says Ah, B says Buh. The teacher doesn't know that I already can read and write and do all those things, so if I just scribble anything on the paper, I can go play at centers". Basically, he had too much time on his hands after doing stuff he already knew, and would fill it with something he deemed more worthwhile. For some kids it's drawing, others reading, others daydreaming. For mine, it was running aroung acting like a stinker. Once that came out (and some testing was done) different strategies were adopted in the classroom that fixed the problem.

Boredom might not be the correct word, but the difference in ability compared to classwork as it relates to the kid's maturity can really create a situation where the result is a perfectly nice and bright kid really acting up.[/quote]

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