We're working on that too. The reality is that she is going to be denied GT or accelerated services based upon her grades/test scores. Both local districts base placement in GT or accelerated classes on achievement moreso than ability.
I'm really torn. Part of me says to just deemphasize academics and intelligence and just make like she is an average kid. Place her in the average classes and don't worry about the fact that huge #s of kids who are less able than she are doing well in the accelerated classes. If she didn't have an older sister who was such a high achiever, I think that might be okay. I don't know if it is preferable to what she's going through right now, though.
Do you think that putting a gifted or maybe HG+ kid in average classes and pretending she isn't gifted is reasonable in any circumstance if she performs better there?
