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07.21.08, 12:56 PM NY Schools
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For all of you who have gifted children. What do you think/What do you expect is their life going to be? What do you think they will be doing after high school, after college? [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
NY Schools 07.21.08, 12:56 PM Flag
 

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No idea, I just hope they are happy. I have tried very hard to not set up unrealistic expectations. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 12:57 PM Flag
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Hopefully they will not end up like many of the gifted people in Dh's family. Isolated, misunderstood, socially awkward or depressed. I have no expectations. I don't expect them to win the nobel prize I pray they are happy and fulfilled [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:00 PM Flag
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ITA. DD is showing signs of being much like BIL...very gifted but very isolated and socially awkward. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.22.08, 02:37 PM Flag
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Slightly off-topic: I went to Stuy, which included some bright kids, some gifted kids, and some profoundly gifted kids. Looking back on how people have fared, like most high schools, it's a bit of a crapshoot as to how successful people have become. Most did OK in life, a few did incredibly well, and a few really flamed out. No definite correlation as to how gifted they were in high school. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:01 PM Flag
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what does Sty have to do w/anything [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:06 PM Flag
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Stuy is not a gifted school [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:07 PM Flag
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No more than any other NYC public, but there was a higher percentage of gifted (but not necessarily a big percentage) and a smattering of profoundly gifted students during my time there, FWIW. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:10 PM Flag
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ok [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:10 PM Flag
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:18 PM Flag
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Eh Stuy is pretty unimpressive as a student body in comparison to the TT private [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:19 PM Flag
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Spoken like someone who went to a private school. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:22 PM Flag
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LOL [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:23 PM Flag
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Replied to like a typical public school graduate/parent [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:39 PM Flag
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Do you know the whole student body of Stuy? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:25 PM Flag
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and all the TT private student bodies? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:25 PM Flag
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She really gets around! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:36 PM Flag
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So can you tell me why most of the private schools lose their top students to schools like Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Tech, LaGuardia and Bronx HS of Science? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.22.08, 08:50 AM Flag
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Last year 28,000 took the test, about 800 got in. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:21 PM Flag
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Sorry guys you are just not impressing me. I knew a lot of Stuy dcs growing up. Again, eh. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:31 PM Flag
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They have to have the smarts to get top marks on the entrance exam. After that, it's what they make of it. Some will excel, others won't. That's life. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:35 PM Flag
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It may be just the particular Stuy crowd you attracted. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:37 PM Flag
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lol! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 06:28 PM Flag
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I hope they won't end up like my brother who was gifted but had a mental breakdown at 19, still lives with his mother (my stepmother) and cannot hold down a job - he is 54. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:01 PM Flag
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I went to a top private here, everyone who got through to 12th grade was extremely smart to gifted or genius, we ended up in all walks of life some happy some not some on drugs, some rich some poor, like everyone else [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:03 PM Flag
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I hope they're purposeful, happy and kind. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:05 PM Flag
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Follow up question (np): why do we jump through hoops to get our kids into the right schools if in the end it is a crap shoot anyway? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:07 PM Flag
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Because eduction is important and no matter how much we want to deny it, a resume and qualifications and name schools do mean something as you grow older. No one questions you you have less to prove it is just an easier life [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:08 PM Flag
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:08 PM Flag
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good question ! we know it's a crap shoot, but this is one of the few variables we can in fact influence (so we hope in the existence of a relationship between school environment and success later in life)... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:10 PM Flag
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Because the years they spend in school should be appropriately challenging which is what makes them enjoyable to my dc's. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:10 PM Flag
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only very few children enjoy going to school - especially when they get older. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:12 PM Flag
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Oldest entering HS, so far, so good. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:13 PM Flag
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Because we want to believe that there is a magic "something" out there which will guarantee our dcs a lifetime of success and happiness, and refuse to believe that luck plays a large role in what eventually will happen to them. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:14 PM Flag
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so all these fights about TT vs. 2nd tier, public vs private, Anderson vs NEST, etc. etc. is just nonsense [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:16 PM Flag
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essentially. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:18 PM Flag
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NP: I think the fights are nonsense but the motivations and classifications behind them and how people view you depending on what school you have been to and then what college etc. is sadly meaningful for later life. I think we all know this to be true but hate to admit it [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:18 PM Flag
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You really think it's meaningful? I don't know what school people went to (my friends yes but other people) and I don't ask. Maybe I asked when I was 22 but I've grown up and moved on. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.22.08, 08:55 AM Flag
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I'm hoping number one is a plasterer. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:11 PM Flag
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Or plumber. They make good money. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:43 PM Flag
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Want her to be happy and content - not made fun of at school for being different or treated like a freak. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:14 PM Flag
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Per "The Millionaire Next Door" the vast majority of millionaires did not get the best grades. Of course, grades do not necessarily equate with "giftedness". I pray that my dc finds his calling. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 01:26 PM Flag
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Anything less than a nobel prize and I will consider her life to be a total failure. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 06:26 PM Flag
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DH has fantasies about dc taking over his business. It's a nice idea (particularly dc working with dh). But whatever makes them happy and financially independent is fine by me. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 06:28 PM Flag
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I am hoping mine is kind to me in my old age and can become a happy secure person able to support herself. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.21.08, 06:29 PM Flag
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Having a dog taught me that sweet is more important than smart. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.22.08, 08:55 AM Flag
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But that works for dogs - not for people. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.22.08, 09:05 AM Flag
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