I know I have experienced all of those responses. I am trying to decipher how those canned responses are so aptly rolling off of these taxpayer employees' tongues: Is it...
-something they learn in school,
-how the non-geniuses really feel,
-total chaos and disorder (no good leader at the top),
-they will always deny genius (think Davidson / Laura V. book),
-possibly something they learn in a school union?
We are not sure, but still keep trying to figure it out, because how else can we make progress?
On a related note, look at the rubrics the public schools use to 'rate' your child. I have to blink hard when I see that a leadership driven gifted child gets a 3 out of 4, because the school does not want any children 'making waves.'
As I always say, this is where humor comes in. I still have a great imagination so I picture Jerry Seinfeld doing a bit on what we are experiencing now.
Also, it always comforts me to know that the gifted scholar can get up to speed on any subject so quickly, even if they are trying to hold the gifted kids back, I think history and the present day have shown that you cannot hold them back. In fact, when the young students realize how they are being treated that might be the moment when they realize they are in charge of their own future and then the parent does not have to advocate to the same degree and that young person knows how best to advocate for themselves.
Our child is still young, so we are always looking at other options. That may be an inherent gifted trait. We are always looking at all options and trying to think of some new ones. Hang in there. You are not imagining it. I know it is disturbing because they don't seem to understand what is going on and you are paying them.
