I am new to this board and I have learned a great deal in a couple of days. I celebrate my son's gifts and think he is amazing. I have found that society considers him a problem. After speaking with the principle of the local elemenatary school, he also oversees the TAG program, he told me "ohh wow, I don't know what YOU will do with him". Don't I pay taxes? I know this is ugly to say but... don't we do all kinds of things for children with disabilities? Why don't we do more for children with uber abilities? Thank goodness for the internet and that I can stay home with him. It will kill me to see the light in his eyes that he has for learning go out because he is forced to sit in a bland environment day after day. I know realize why my teachers were always fussing with me. I was incredibly bored and hated everyday I spent in school. They kept telling me that they knew I could do better. Yes I could but why should I have?
I firmly believe that kids should be taught according to education level and NOT age. Some children are better with some topics and not others. Doesn't it make common sense that we teach them that way? Doctors have been saying for years that girls are better verbally and boys are better mathmatically shouldn't they be taught at diiferent levels and styles? The more I read on this board the more angry and frustrated I become.
