I have always found that it's ok for the kids the school has identified as gifted, less so if we as parents bring it up first. I can understand the emotional mechanics of that from the school's perspective. They don't like to be told something they don't already know, they like the satisfaction of being right etc. it is awfully frustrating though and hard if they don't actually get it right.
Systems make me tired even when I can see how they work. It's just so hard to figure out which bit to grease, or which bit to tweak to make it run more smoothly for my child.
Apm221, I read your first paragraph saying yes....yes....yes, I have been told all of that too! Do the schools circulate these arguments among themselves, across international borders?
