Anonymous wrote:For a truly gifted kid.. a total waste of a perfectly good Summer. If a kid is gifted, a kid will do well next year. Giftedness is about ability to suck in absorb and synthetize material fast. If a kid is not GT then no course will make a kid gifted. So the course should be targeted towards high achievers and over achievers but not GT crowd.
Just saying..

Again, it's just a label to indicate that this particular class will move fast, that's all. In order for a student to be eligible, his school needs to sign a paper that he or she is indeed "gifted", that is, in advanced classes, at minimum (or in magnets, or labeled gifted in MCPS, etc).

These classes are not for bragging rights, not will they make a child gifted. It's for kids who want to take that particular class. Duh.

For a truly gifted kid.. a total waste of a perfectly good Summer. If a kid is gifted, a kid will do well next year. Giftedness is about ability to suck in absorb and synthetize material fast. If a kid is not GT then no course will make a kid gifted. So the course should be targeted towards high achievers and over achievers but not GT crowd.
Just saying..

I'm 14:12.

The posters mocking the GT courses at Montgomery College have no clue what they're talking about. There aren't many GT courses, and they're mostly random, like the Python class my son is taking. There are a few that prepare for higher-level classes, which is a great idea for students who might be worried about how they'll do next year, but nothing for extra credit or bragging:
Debate, Java, Python, Digital Lab, Reading for the SAT/ACT, and AP readiness.

Personally, I suspect that the instructors request the GT label when they want to teach at an accelerated pace. That's all.

Anonymous wrote:The benefit is to over prepare your child so they look like a genius.

LOL

I didn’t want to be a jerk, but if you want to say it for me, that’s fine.

My rising 9th grader is taking a Python programming class at Montgomery College this summer. Just out of curiosity, since he's never learned an actual, useful, coding language before. The class was tagged as GT for some reason.

The benefit is to over prepare your child so they look like a genius.

What is the benefit to doing this? Do they get to take other things later or get to not go to school to work in part of HS?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, by GT, I mean gifted - the student has to have paperwork filled out by his regular school to get in.

My kids did them. The GT designation is pretty wide. Being in 8th grade honors algebra was enough to get the form signed.

How were the courses?

bump

OP, is there a link or something you could share on this? I have an 8th grader and we might be interested.

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, by GT, I mean gifted - the student has to have paperwork filled out by his regular school to get in.

My kids did them. The GT designation is pretty wide. Being in 8th grade honors algebra was enough to get the form signed.

Sorry, by GT, I mean gifted - the student has to have paperwork filled out by his regular school to get in.

Anyone have any experience with those?
Thanks.