RE: Some parental advice from all the lovely parentals? Non parentals also welcome :D
December 11, 2015 at 8:15 pm
(This post was last modified: December 11, 2015 at 8:16 pm by SteelCurtain.)
I was in the gifted program when ideas in elementary and middle school.
You should absolutely put your child in the Gifted program, IMO, Losty.
I went in in the fifth grade, and let me tell you, the teachers are all the difference. You will virtually guarantee that you get teachers that give a shit, but are uniquely qualified to teach talented children, and nurture their skills and intellect.
In my case (might be different where you are), I had nearly the same teachers all through middle school. There was a gifted "pod" where all your core classes were, but all of the other classes were with all of my friends outside of the pod. But the "Questers" pod had the same English teacher for two years, the same math teacher all three years, the same science and history teacher all three years, so we not only had excellent teachers, but there was continuity in the relationships.
I credit the gifted program with a lot of the development of my intellect and logic, and keeping me challenged and ready for high school AP courses and college.
You should absolutely put your child in the Gifted program, IMO, Losty.
I went in in the fifth grade, and let me tell you, the teachers are all the difference. You will virtually guarantee that you get teachers that give a shit, but are uniquely qualified to teach talented children, and nurture their skills and intellect.
In my case (might be different where you are), I had nearly the same teachers all through middle school. There was a gifted "pod" where all your core classes were, but all of the other classes were with all of my friends outside of the pod. But the "Questers" pod had the same English teacher for two years, the same math teacher all three years, the same science and history teacher all three years, so we not only had excellent teachers, but there was continuity in the relationships.
I credit the gifted program with a lot of the development of my intellect and logic, and keeping me challenged and ready for high school AP courses and college.
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