My son's teacher who had taught grade 1 for 30 years finally went out and purchased new books at my son's higher reading level a 6 months into the school year. He was still required to read books with one word per page for the first half of the year.
I have never even considered him gifted in language arts. His strong point is math.
He is now in grade 9 and so frustrated with his math teacher (because he claims she knows nothing about math and makes tons of irritating mistakes) that he is now refusing to go to school.
I don't know of any gifted programs anywhere near where I live. I am so jealous of all the advanced programming I hear about on this board. This forum is really opening my eyes to what is out there.
My child's school is still unwilling to accommodate him with any advancements.
