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Re: We can't let the kid skip be-cauuse.... Belle #81783 08/01/10 07:09 PM
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bh14 Member B Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 367	Hahahahah! That was HILARIOUS! I'll say "open mouth... insert foot!" OUCH! You just NEVER know where people have been or what they have done.

Re: We can't let the kid skip be-cauuse.... bh14 #81787 08/01/10 08:16 PM
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La Texican Member Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,777 South Texas	Priceless! Youth lives by personality, age lives by calculation. -- Aristotle on a calendar

Re: We can't let the kid skip be-cauuse.... La Texican #81881 08/03/10 05:32 AM
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JJsMom Member J Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 921	CAMom I love it!

Re: We can't let the kid skip be-cauuse.... CAMom #81945 08/04/10 12:03 PM
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Chrys Member C Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 370 Central Ohio	Awesome CAMom! I have always wondered why no one at dd's school has ever thought to ask DH or I if we were also "weird"/accelerated in our schooling. Originally Posted by CAMom We fought tooth and nail at the private school for subject acceleration and they just straight out refused. They "go deeper" they kept saying. There's not really a "deeper" when you're doing phonics two hours a day but that is a bit of a moot point! The public school, once we worked out the class size funding issue, was happy to do a full skip. In fact, it was DS's 1st grade teacher who really pushed the issue with the school psych. I will never forget the look on the principal's face when he said "well usually kids that skip turn out weird." The school psych turned to him and said "I skipped 1st grade... are you saying something?" Then DS's 1st grade teacher said "I graduated high school early..." Insert foot in mouth, principal signed the papers :-) Warning: sleep deprived

Re: We can't let the kid skip be-cauuse.... Chrys #81959 08/04/10 03:01 PM
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Cathy A Member Joined: May 2007 Posts: 1,783 West coast, USA	Great story, CA Mom! LOL

Re: We can't let the kid skip be-cauuse.... Cathy A #82015 08/05/10 03:16 PM
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OP Val Member Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,298 California	CAMom, I love it! It could have been scripted. This is the kind of thing many people on this list dream about; it's wonderful to hear that it actually happened. Val

Re: We can't let the kid skip be-cauuse.... Val #82019 08/05/10 04:49 PM
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jesse Member J Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 283 twilightzone	Have you all seen this article? "Whole grade acceleration success stories" http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10651.aspx It is a good read and fills one with hope (oops, didn't see the other thread that already had this)

Re: We can't let the kid skip be-cauuse.... jesse #82021 08/05/10 05:19 PM
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Cricket2 Member C Joined: May 2009 Posts: 2,172 Colorado	Originally Posted by jesse Have you all seen this article? "Whole grade acceleration success stories" http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10651.aspx It is a good read and fills one with hope (oops, didn't see the other thread that already had this) Thanks for posting it anyway. I didn't see it in the other thread and it was a nice link ! Study Strategies for Accelerated Learners

Re: We can't let the kid skip be-cauuse.... Val #83248 08/23/10 06:57 AM
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bh14 Member B Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 367	kcab, I must have missed your post the first time (or we were posting at the same time :)) you are fortunate to have a subject on top of the accel. We are just doing the accel for now and will re-evaluate throughout the year to see where we are. I am not convinced that this is going to solve all our problems. I am sure we will be looking at options down the road. We will find out as we will be in full swing here with summer break ending now! jesse, I read those on another post. those were nice to read. Thanks for posting.

Re: We can't let the kid skip be-cauuse.... Val #84035 08/31/10 07:33 PM
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kd976 Member K Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 129 NM	I love all of the stories and lines... DS5 is now in 1st grade and the private school we had applied to for the fall told me "no way, no how" and that he'd have to repeat Kinder "because of the maturity issue". rolls eyes Some days I do think there might be an issue with that, but he's so smart (and ADHD and ODD) that it would have been a terrible idea to make him repeat. I guess only time will tell, right?

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