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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I am not the previous poster but the solution is to groups kids together by level for math and reading classes.[/quote]

I'm not OP, but I do think it's funny that everyone is so incredulous that a kid might be bored in a classroom with no differentiation.  Do you really think it's so implausible that a kid might be too smart to be interested in the general offerings in a classroom?  Boredom just doesn't exist?  I agree that boredom shouldn't be an excuse for bad behavior, but it sure as heck can be a reason for lack of focus on the task at hand.  If the task at hand is something you've done already over and over and over again.  I was that kid in school, and I didn't have ADHD.  I was freakin' bored.  Until i got to a small private where the teacher could actually differentiate because the classroom size was very small.  I had to do the regular work, but she challenged me to do it as quickly as possible so I could get my logic puzzles.  In reading/writing, same thing -- she'd get the assignments the next grade was going and tell me I could have them after i did the regular work.  It didn't spoil me; it kept me interested in school.  I ended up being a very hard worker and a very high achieving student.
I know a lot of kids really do have ADHD.  But I do think it's a crime that when a smart kid is bored, we would rather conclude ADHD than give the kid some challenging work.  Like being ahead is a disorder.[/quote]

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