Has anyone here watched the documentary American Promise? It made me so overwhelmingly sad for those kids. Has it always been this bad? If not, when did it start?

Psychland, how would it feel if your child wasn't HG and you were socialising with these parents? Probably still pretty bad, I think. Someone who is constantly comparing childrens achievements is going to be competing on a lot of other factors, too. Would you really enjoy their company if they were crowing that their car cost more than yours? Or smug when their child beat yours at chess? Did you see this article?
http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/article/2014/03/25/mean-moms-suburbs/

When I've had to chat to that sort of competitive person I keep my cards very close to my chest and get away ASAP. But that's not very often. I have been very lucky to surround myself with friends and a whole community where we all commiserate over stuff and share joy in stuff (I know not everyone is so lucky). My friend might tell me her child can do a waltz jump, I'll tell her mine has nits, then I'll tell her mine started algebra and she'll tell me hers made their room unprompted. You know what I mean? Life's too short for Queen bees.

Originally Posted by JonLaw
Originally Posted by ultramarina
I still am not sure what public school education for the HG+ ought realistically and properly to look like if (as has been argued here many times) these kids also need full teacher instruction. I just don't see how it works. Again, it's not that I think this is especially fair. But what's the model?

Probably individual tutoring with a team of specialized staff.

Maybe very small group.

Flexible ability based grouping, based on level and pace. Group size would depend on the population, you might need to combine with other nearby districts to get the numbers in one school.

Last edited by Tallulah; 04/02/14 06:26 PM.