Hi Summer70,
It's wonderful to hear of your sucesses with your children's education.
I love how you state:
It doesn't matter if your child tests at gifted or not, all children benefit from the same type of education..which is learn at your own pace type education.
I wish there was a way for my child to get that at a bricks-and-mortar school.
I've heard a lot of definitions of giftedness over the years, and mostly they all have something important to add, but my personal favorite is: A child that has the capasity to learn material that is one or more years advanced of the chronological age, in one or more academic areas, with whatever nescessary accomidations in place. Short form: Gifted is as gifted does. I don't care what the numbers say, so kids have a developmental path that is quite different from the standard expected one.
I also think that loving teachers who deeply connect with their students have a wonderful role to play in the lives of children. Sometimes these teachers are found inside school buildings and sometimes they are family members. I also wish that schools were flexible enough so that when a "twice exceptional child" finds a teacher who "really gets him," that the child could stay with that teacher for more than one year.
Love and More Love,
Trinity
