Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums Parenting and Advocacy EG/PG and not accelerated?

Can they function? My guess is sometimes yes, mostly no.

However, I don't think most PG/EG children would be able to achieve the level of learning they are capable of, even with a dedicated teacher.

I believe my PG child has one of the best school situations available. She is in a school for the highly gifted. They have highly educated and trained teachers. They have specialists in many of their subjects, etc. etc. etc.

However, even there some children have a need to move faster. My dd is moved up 2 grades in math. There is a great difference between HG, EG and PG. Combine that with the fact that not only are there differenct LOG but different gifts as well and it makes for a complex picture.

We have children who are PG in music, art, math, reading/writing but are only HG in other areas. Even in her classroom (full of highly gifted children) their needs are vastly different from each other.

I can't see how a regular classroom can be a place where a PG child can get all he/she needs to thrive. At the very best I think they are getting enough (when they are lucky) not to starve.