feedback for "Non-Breeder 10: The Prodigy"
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It seems to me the ideal approach with gifted kids would be to provide them with accelerated classes outside of their grade level, but at the same time keep them in a class that roughly appropriate for their age group.
Based on what I have read and seen in my own life, the correlation between grades and success in later life is loose at best. Our school system in general undervalues interpersonal skills. When I was a kid I had no idea that my grades would be so irrelevant later on, but that my experience socializing would be so applicable.
posted by : chattydaddy on 10/15/2007 at 3:19 PM Flag For Abuse
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Great piece, Justin.
posted by : GirlsGoneChild on 10/15/2007 at 4:02 PM Flag For Abuse
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One of my daughters, like you began attending university at a very early age. Her overwhelming strengths were verbal, not mathematical as yours seem to have been. She spent some 8 years as an undergraduate ( she graduated only because we ran out of money, not because her university ran out of courses she wanted to take) lived and worked in Asia for four years and has now at the age of 24 entered graduate school. Starting school early has given her the gift of time to have adventures before she marries and has to assume the roles of grownups. I hope you too have taken the time for a few adventures along the way as well.
posted by : skeptic on 10/15/2007 at 9:36 PM Flag For Abuse
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I agree, this is a great article. Despite a wave of media attention about many parents thinking their kids are gifted, parents still push their kids onto this track. I stop short of saying they're wrong, though I will say kids are under too much pressure to achieve these days. We're supporters of unstructured play at out house.
posted by : WorkingDad on 10/17/2007 at 1:42 AM Flag For Abuse
