Obviously, you selected the wrong private.

But, from the child's new found joy found the right school don't you think?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But this is America and to get out of second class education you need to go private

Tell that to my kid who was bored stiff in private and is now loving a MoCo magnet.

Obviously, you selected the wrong private.

Obviously, you have no idea what you're talking about.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But this is America and to get out of second class education you need to go private

Tell that to my kid who was bored stiff in private and is now loving a MoCo magnet.

Obviously, you selected the wrong private.

Anonymous wrote:But this is America and to get out of second class education you need to go private

Tell that to my kid who was bored stiff in private and is now loving a MoCo magnet.

But this is America and to get out of second class education you need to go private

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"...the programs are strongly supported by many parents who cannot afford to send their children to private schools."
WTF?
Private does not equal Gifted Program! Many bright children with motivated parents who can provide excellent home environments attend private schools, but that is not the same as a true gifted program, which significantly changes and accelerates the curriculum.
Private and public schools can offer good (or not so good) gifted program, but this statement which suggest that
Private school = gifted program
is just ridiculous.

I agree. Seems they are confusing "gifted" with the advantages stemming from a higher income....

I agree. I went to private school and I coasted through. I really think I would have been better off in a gifted program. Both of my children will be attending a gifted and talented school public school in the fall. We were happy with them doing gifted programs with their current school but thought it was worth it to put them in the lottery for the school. I am thrilled they both got in and that they will have more work because they were bored this year.

Anonymous wrote:"...the programs are strongly supported by many parents who cannot afford to send their children to private schools."
WTF?
Private does not equal Gifted Program! Many bright children with motivated parents who can provide excellent home environments attend private schools, but that is not the same as a true gifted program, which significantly changes and accelerates the curriculum.
Private and public schools can offer good (or not so good) gifted program, but this statement which suggest that
Private school = gifted program
is just ridiculous.

I agree. Seems they are confusing "gifted" with the advantages stemming from a higher income....

"...the programs are strongly supported by many parents who cannot afford to send their children to private schools."
WTF?
Private does not equal Gifted Program! Many bright children with motivated parents who can provide excellent home environments attend private schools, but that is not the same as a true gifted program, which significantly changes and accelerates the curriculum.
Private and public schools can offer good (or not so good) gifted program, but this statement which suggest that
Private school = gifted program
is just ridiculous.

Anonymous wrote:This comment by Clara Hemphill bothers me:

Children need to learn that hard work is more important than being born with a high IQ. Putting them in a “gifted” class sends the opposite message.

My child wan't doing hard work at all in his neighborhood elementary school -- he was just coasting. Now that he is in a class for students identified as "gifted" he is being forced to work hard, and he has had to learn that everything won't come easy to him -- he needs to put forth effort and study!

+1
DC coasted K-3 until admitted to the HGC. Now dc has to work for good grades for the first time. The work is challenging and having a classroom full of kids that are working at the same high level has been good for dc. We've seen a couple of mediocre grades for the first time in dc's school career and personally, I am thrilled. DC is learning that hard work is important.
I can see how being called "gifted" and not getting an appropriately challenging curriculum or a true peer group might give a child the wrong message but then it is incumbent on the school system to meet the child where he/she is and provide adequate challenge and stimulation.
We cannot say enough good things about the HGC experience and we're pretty depressed to going back to multiple grouping in middle school. I am not excited about the prospect of having lots of extra worksheets and a very small peer group for dc.

Anonymous wrote:This comment by Clara Hemphill bothers me:

Children need to learn that hard work is more important than being born with a high IQ. Putting them in a “gifted” class sends the opposite message.

My child wan't doing hard work at all in his neighborhood elementary school -- he was just coasting. Now that he is in a class for students identified as "gifted" he is being forced to work hard, and he has had to learn that everything won't come easy to him -- he needs to put forth effort and study!

I agree with the first sentence of that quote, not with the second. A good-quality gifted class puts students in a position to work hard.

Yeah, that's just idiotic.

This comment by Clara Hemphill bothers me:

Children need to learn that hard work is more important than being born with a high IQ. Putting them in a “gifted” class sends the opposite message.

My child wan't doing hard work at all in his neighborhood elementary school -- he was just coasting. Now that he is in a class for students identified as "gifted" he is being forced to work hard, and he has had to learn that everything won't come easy to him -- he needs to put forth effort and study!

"Thirty-seven states have some sort of mandate to address the needs of gifted and talented students in public schools. While many parents and teachers have mixed views about the tests used to identify talent and “giftedness,” the programs are strongly supported by many parents who cannot afford to send their children to private schools. They are hard to overhaul, for various reasons."


http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/the-pitfalls-in-identifying-a-gifted-child/