Originally Posted by zhian
Some parents of gifted kids do things that are just dead stupid, and do have a negative impact. �But overall I would say gifted kids are much more likely to get positive, or at least non-damaging influences at home, and influences that hurt their creativity and intellectual development in school.
Yeah, but what should the schools do differently for everybody? �Would you refine the core standards or do you mean the inevitable contentious teacher here and there? �Or is there a psychology class teachers could take before earning a teachers degree that would make them be better with children? I agree, most parents are the best supporters of their own children.


Youth lives by personality, age lives by calculation. -- Aristotle on a calendar