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05.24.08, 16:24 PM General Topics
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ENOUGH with the "profoundly gifted" as special needs. Statistically, there are maybe 10 kids in NYC who are Little Man Tate gifted, but there seem to be an awful lot of moms on UB who feel their DC need special accomodations at age 4 or 5. Maybe DC just test well young, maybe they are just ahead of the curve developmentally. Even if DC is a budding Einstein, maybe your job as a parent is to give DC the opportunity to be a kid. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 05.24.08, 04:24 PM Flag
 

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i agree. dd (99 across the board) went to a regular, general ed public school in brooklyn and has done beautifully. frankly i think trying to find special little niches for our gifted flowers will only reinforce the freak aspect -- i'll take a good set of friends representative of the general nyc population any day. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.24.08, 04:27 PM Flag
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np: In a general ed classroom, a teacher must know how to deal with a gifted child just as much as a special needs child on the opposite end of the spectrum. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.24.08, 04:29 PM Flag
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dd is 150+ - she has been very happy in her classroom, and has made many good friends. i'm unconcerned about the lack of calculus. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.24.08, 04:32 PM Flag
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Lol. Research shows that free time to explore ideas is really good for development, so I agree with you. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.24.08, 04:34 PM Flag
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In pedagogy, they are special needs. In general, gifted students learn the least. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.24.08, 04:28 PM Flag
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but they will b fin -- there's not the same urgency [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.24.08, 04:30 PM Flag
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^^ be fine [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.24.08, 04:30 PM Flag
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Sure. My point, I guess, is that teachers can deal with it and receive training to some degree (perhaps small.) IMO, general ed has many advantages. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.24.08, 04:32 PM Flag
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LOL! ITA. And it is doing moderately gifted children a big disservice, IMO, to drum into their heads that they are so gifted that they are weirdos. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.24.08, 04:31 PM Flag
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I'm a high school English teacher at a decent public in Brooklyn. It's astounding how many parents (and even students) who tell me their children are gifted, but I rarely see evidence of that. It seems like a parental delusion. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.24.08, 04:38 PM Flag
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