Kriston -- See, the teacher's the thing. She seems to recognise that he's bright and is giving him "enrichment" worksheets -- word problems on the order of "Jane has 17 apples and gives 9 of them to John. How many apples does Jane have left?" He get those right, of course, but I'd rather see him on a progressive accelerated plan than getting random arithmetic problems, kwim? And since they're not offering to do it, I was wondering if it might be beneficial to steer them in the right direction. I guess it does depend on how I approach it ... just wondering if anyone had any "that's a horrid idea!" gut reactions.
I've been thinking about you as the Davidson notification date draws nearer for you. Fingers crossed! Not for nuthin', but your son sounds like a shoo-in to me. I hope I'm right.
As for that ... I hope you're right, too!
Given his WIAT scores and near-hit WPPSI (148 plus ceilings), I'm hoping he'll be accepted, but I'm still worried. After reading this board (which I discovered about a week or so before sending in his app and didn't even consider asking for advice, duh), I don't think I did him justice in the essay section -- some of the kids here make him sound downright average (or at least almost). I think he comes off sounding bright, but not necessarily PG. And I think I focused on some of the wrong stuff. So I'm hoping his test scores plus a few of my comments will carry him. The thing is, I'm sure the intellect is there, but he doesn't necessarily have the drive to learn that a Ruf Level 5 kid would have -- certainly Level 4, but I don't know if that will do it. I would really, *really* love some help figuring out what the heck to do with him, as homeschool is just not an option for us.
Ugh. Ever wish you had a "normal" kid? Or at least a "garden variety" gifted kid? I tested MG on the SB as a child, so I'd really like to see where ds falls in comparison to where I was. I know I was reading almost on par with him at that age (perhaps a bit behind, but my interest was higher from what I recall), but he's ahead of where I was on maths. So it may be morbid curiosity on the SB L-M, but I feel it would be helpful. I have a PG cousin (180 on the SB L-M), and knowing that he could have scored in my Benjy's range on the WPPSI makes me even more curious to know where Benj would fall.
I guess I'm *still* looking for confirmation -- having applied to Davidson with a hope of getting in, how pathetic is that?
