Originally Posted by playandlearn
I agree with you again. I personally value hard work more than "talent". So it's fine with me to value high achievers over high IQs when resources are distributed. But the point should really be to accommodate each student's need and unique learning abilities and styles, instead of having a few cookie cutters, each for a loosely defined group. Is IQ 119 really that different from 121? Or 142 and 145? Or is this IQ 140 the same as another IQ 140? Yet a line is drawn somewhere and each group is given a cookie cutter.

Oh agreed, that's why in an earlier post I stated that a certified GT teacher "Should" be able to differentiate for individual students, that's what they're TRAINED to do, so to once again attempt to give all students within a lumped group of GT students the same work / focus is silly and they should know better. If a school's GT program is giving them all the same work and services, that's a very poor reflection on their training. At the HS when my sons go / went to school, if the school doesn't offer a course of study in the area of interest, they'll FIND you another place to take it (Community college, AP online, etc.) and if that doesn't work out, she's been known to write from scratch curriculum for one student.

Last edited by Old Dad; 04/01/14 12:00 PM.