I believe that Kids like ours are so thin on the ground that most elementary teachers have no idea of how to teach them because they just haven't encountered that LOG before. What they have encountered, though, is Tiger parents that insist that their hothoused snowflake is the next Einstein. I think that they therefore slip into the 'give the kid more work and they will shut up' rut.
My DD had a teacher like that last year who decided that DD cannot that too bright just because she didn't do more dross worksheets. To her credit, once she saw DD's scores she became a believer and a full on advocate for DD's acceleration because she made the connection on her own that DD hadn't done the extra work because it was way below her level and therefore not at all interesting,
Last edited by madeinuk; 08/15/13 04:44 AM.
