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[quote=Anonymous][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]

I have a friend who has 25 plus students in her class.  She has told me she has about 3 kids that are just truly advanced relative to the rest of the class.  She has a pull out basket of interesting stuff he can work on if he finishes early and for all large projects she adds an additional level of challenge.  She is in her first year, she can do it with a large class.  It can be done in public.  If a teacher does not offer to do this, then I think it should be a discussion between the parent, teacher and administration to figure out how to do it.  [/quote]

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