Seriously, take a look at this and tell me if you agree?
http://www.thomasarmstrong.com/natural_genius.htm
It's interesting that if you look at the ADD link on that site, and especially the MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE link, that HOW children are taught in school tends to be a real disadvantage to children who are gifted in other areas that are not dealt with in school, and in fact ignored and not tolerated, which is where maybe the ADD misdiagnosis comes into play too.
I say this because I have two gifted children (according to the "gifted" test they do in late elementary school) so my youngest, 8 was being badly treated (I have since switched schools and he is doing fantastic now) and he was mistreated because he was the exception to the class where all the other kids needed special ed, he was gifted and bored silly and was being abused and not tolerated as a result. His needs totally ignored, he developed stomach problems. He is doing WAY better in a school with brighter kids.
2007-01-11
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