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Rock and a Hard Place
| Thu, 11-20-2003 - 10:45am |
There's something on this board that has been bothering me, and I hope I can articulate it.
| Thu, 11-20-2003 - 10:45am |
There's something on this board that has been bothering me, and I hope I can articulate it.
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Why don't you try explaining to your dd that children learn at all different levels.
I don't know about CLW's area, but we don't place for advancement, gifted or whatever it is called until the 2nd grade in our district.
My ds has been tested as well. Not to determine giftedness, but to determine ability in determining appropriate placement. I have made it clear that I do not want him tested for *giftedness* and will not allow them to put a label on him. Quite honestly, I don't know what the policies are in regard to testing for giftedness. Have I mentioned that I HATE THE TERM GIFTED? LOL. Both his K teacher and principal agree with me that gifted is a term used too lightly nowadays. I prefer to test regularly to determine what level he is at so that appropriate planning can be done.
I would love to put him in a private school where he would attend with various aged children and work on his individual program, but the principal assures me that just as they are integrating special needs kids into regular classes, they can accomodate accelerated learners in the regular classroom. The public system really sucks for kids who are on either end of average. Having learned what I did through dd1, I will not have ds skip grades. I have no problem with him working on the g1 curriculum after Xmas this year, but I do not want to move him ahead so that he is with older children. I will not place him in a gifted school either. I have and will continue to offer educational experience at home. School is where they go for socialization and recreation. That's just me.
Edited 11/29/2003 2:05:42 PM ET by cyndiluwhoagain
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