My brother was gifted and had to go to a special school 3 days a week. I think it was called Odessey of the minds. When he was in middle school, he had to walk over to the highschool for some of his classes. Is this Genetic?
2007-03-18 02:52:08 · 6 answers · asked by Indigo 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
I was told the same thing about my daughter and she was put in those special programs for gifted children and she even was made to skip a grade. Well, now, she's a junior in high school, takes independent study because she can't handle the pressures and she got so far behind in credits, for being so stressed out that we're wondering how she's even going to graduate.
From my experience, I wouldn't allow the school to push her and I wouldn't do anything different for your daughter at all unless she really starts to demonstrate remarkable progress and is self-motivated to excell. And then, if she expresses a desire to move ahead or to take on more challenges, support her, of course, but let it be her idea, and let her go at her own pace. Otherwise, it could be too much stress.
2007-03-18 03:02:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What is the issue here? Is the school program/curriculum not stimulating enough for your daughter and could eventually lead to her progress being at risk? Or do you just want to find out if she truly is gifted?
If your daughter's progress is at risk, start by talking to your daughter's teacher. After discussion with the teacher, if you still have questions/concerns that the teacher is not addressing, speak to school administration.
Schools have limited resources for assessing students for "special education". (Gifted is special education just in a different way that slow learning is special education.) You might find that if your daughter is progressing well and is happy, the school won't prioritize her for testing.
Private testing is always available but you will be paying for it.
I think your first step would be to access information from the National Association for Gifted Children - www.nagc.org. Their website is quite good.
2007-03-18 10:05:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um, well, knowing that high school is two words is genetic. So is knowing that you don't capitalize a letter at the end of a sentence. You ain't got the gene.
Every parent thinks their child is a genius- but do we have to put up with your fantasies of narcissism that you project onto your child?
Also, to the person with no name under their gray avatar- it's misuse, not "miss use" (as in the Miss use pageant?). You do not represent the geniuses either.
2007-03-18 10:02:34 · answer #3 · answered by joey k 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sorry your daughter is not a genius. A genius is someone having exceptional intellectual or creative power or other natural ability. Your child is probably just smart for her age.
Besides that genius characteristics such as creativeness cant be taught by a school. She must find it for herself.
Its best to send her anywhere that can "foster" creative activity, and help provide an enriched education.
Good luck to you. please don't miss use the word genius it's rude to the real geniuses out there.
2007-03-18 10:03:49 · answer #4 · answered by iceblendedmochajavo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that there is a "smart" gene and if there is, I doubt it's prominent enough to be obviously passed down.
2007-03-18 09:56:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you should contact Mensa and try to get her to do an IQ test with them.
2007-03-18 10:00:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋