[SpookBrat]

At my children's school, both my children were always rejected for the gifted program. I know every parent thinks their kids are gifted, but mine, especially my son, both scored very high on IQ tests and were gifted, at least at home around parents and grandparents. :) I realized later, the program was mostly for the lower class, poor children in our district, and was told so by several teachers. I gave up trying to get better classes and opportunities for my children and decided to homeschool. I'll give them the gifted program at home. :)

It all worked out in the end.

Homeschool bump.

[diefree]

My daughter was put into the LARC (Learning Activites etc. I forget, it’s been a long time) program in kindergarten.
All the parents had to go to a meeting with a child psychologist who explained that gifted children are those who dance to a different drummer. They don’t think like “normal”’ people. The giftedness is not just IQ, it is artistic talent and maturity. She said that it had been found that gifted children are more likely to become drug he’saddicts, alcoholics, suicidal. She said that LARC was a sort of intervention program to get gifted children together, coach them, and help them to shine.

My daughter is grown-up now and one day I asked her how the others kids turned out. She said some of them are druggies and alcoholics.

My daughter is fine though.