Anonymous wrote:People brag about this stuff all the time. Any kid can become an excellent reader/writer with practice and can very quickly jump through age level expectations. But you know what happens? Eventually they will be at the same level as everyone else. They just got there quicker. It doesn’t actually make them “smarter”-that’s just where this particular child and of course parents decided to spend their energy. There are super advanced kids that start k constantly. Like levels and levels beyond their peers. Typically it’s because the parents spent every single day spending time on academics instead of letting their children play. Guess what skill is more important at that age?

-signed a k teacher who has met many parents who love to tell me about their gifted child.

Anonymous wrote:People brag about this stuff all the time. Any kid can become an excellent reader/writer with practice and can very quickly jump through age level expectations. But you know what happens? Eventually they will be at the same level as everyone else. They just got there quicker. It doesn’t actually make them “smarter”-that’s just where this particular child and of course parents decided to spend their energy. There are super advanced kids that start k constantly. Like levels and levels beyond their peers. Typically it’s because the parents spent every single day spending time on academics instead of letting their children play. Guess what skill is more important at that age?

-signed a k teacher who has met many parents who love to tell me about their gifted child.

Anonymous wrote:I do not discuss my children with my co-workers. I do not particularly care to hear about theirs either. Please realize that while you love your children very much and truly believe ( as you should ) that they are fascinating, wonderful, special, gifted or whatever else, the rest of the world doesn't care one way or the other.

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Anonymous wrote:I have two kids in FCPS AAP. I'm not jealous of your kid.

I am impressed if I can identify a gifted on my own - with my own eyes and ears and observation. If I can't see it on my own, and have to rely on you tell me about it - I don't think it's impressive - I think you are a bragger who doesn't know how smart other kids are too.

Bragging is never good.

But if you think you can ID every gifted person just by looking at them, you are equally full of yourself.

Anonymous wrote:My 6 y/o DS can read and wright at the level of a 7th grader. Whenever I tell my friends or coworkers, some of them are impressed, but others have literally stated out that it's really not that special and that they, as adults, can write better than them. And I'm thinking to myself, "You're about 30 years older than my son. I would hope that you can read and write write better than him." It's like they don't even consider the fact that he's only 6 years old. I would expect an adult to read and write well above the level of my son, but a lot of people don't seem to acknowledge that for his age, it's impressive.

Anonymous wrote:I have two kids in FCPS AAP. I'm not jealous of your kid.

I am impressed if I can identify a gifted on my own - with my own eyes and ears and observation. If I can't see it on my own, and have to rely on you tell me about it - I don't think it's impressive - I think you are a bragger who doesn't know how smart other kids are too.

Anonymous wrote:My 6 y/o DS can read and wright at the level of a 7th grader. Whenever I tell my friends or coworkers, some of them are impressed, but others have literally stated out that it's really not that special and that they, as adults, can write better than them. And I'm thinking to myself, "You're about 30 years older than my son. I would hope that you can read and write write better than him." It's like they don't even consider the fact that he's only 6 years old. I would expect an adult to read and write well above the level of my son, but a lot of people don't seem to acknowledge that for his age, it's impressive.