Originally Posted by puffin
Don't use the word bored to teachers. They take it to mean the child needs more work not more challenging work. They also take it as a personal insult.

This should be at the top of every article written for parents who are wondering if they have a gifted child! Innocently using that word started us down a very bad path with one school. To be fair, I think they would have been awful to DS anyway, but maybe not quite as much.