Originally Posted by bianc850a
Kriston,

In a way, I think PG verbal kids have it even harder than children that are PG in math.


Interesting. Why do you think that?

I think the schools tend to do more for HG+ mathy kids, tend to be more willing to grade-skip and/or subject accelerate them, etc. But if we're talking about keeping the child in the age-group instead of grade skipping or subject accelerating, then I think the PG verbal kids probably "starve" less than the PG math kids. It's easier to read a book alone after school than it is to teach yourself math alone after school.

Heck, I was a GT verbal kid, and I remember being bored in class and reading the teacher's guide that was on her desk before she shooed me away. She gave me harder work after that, as you can imagine...But there was something at my reading level in the room. There wasn't anything for my mathy GT friend to do but be bored!


Kriston