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[quote=Anonymous]10:22 again.  So when we're talking about teachers getting exasperated with parents who come in and say, "my special snowflake is brilliant, s/he needs special accommodations," we're often talking about a kid who is in the same 95-99th bracket as many other kids in the class?  Kids who wouldn't have been accepted into the school without scores this high. (Except, point taken, for the kids who tested at 99th in K but didn't keep it up.)  I can see how, as a teacher, you would get a bit frustrated with these parents.

The ghastly letter and the references to the once-every-5-10-year kid are really talking about a different kid, the 99.99th pctile kid who is profoundly gifted.  There's a DCUM mom who routinely drags this kid into every discussion.  It tends to derail the discussion because people get exasperated when they are talking about their highly gifted kid who might not, however, be doing base 7 and reading Tolstoy.  But the questions raised here about teachers' ability to deal are probably more valid for this particular type of kid.

So to move this discussion along, maybe we need a rubric:

(1) gifted and highly gifted kids (95-99th pctile).

Teachers, can you challenge these kids just fine, and does it drive you nuts when parents come in asking for special treatment?

(2) profoundly gifted kids (99.99th pctile).  Can you challenge this kid?  Can you tell us how you would approach this kid and the parents?  Or would you recommend this kid go to a magnet?  [/quote]

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