Comments on: hitting the accelerator http://american-family.org/2008/12/15/hitting-the-accelerator/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:51:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: American Family » Your 6 year old: Crafty but still Cute http://american-family.org/2008/12/15/hitting-the-accelerator/comment-page-1/#comment-102160 American Family » Your 6 year old: Crafty but still Cute Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:20:03 +0000 http://american-family.org/?p=1753#comment-102160 [...] M mentioned in passing that she didn’t have reading.  (She goes to another classroom for language arts.)  This happens pretty frequently, whenever the other class has standardized [...] [...] M mentioned in passing that she didn’t have reading.  (She goes to another classroom for language arts.)  This happens pretty frequently, whenever the other class has standardized [...]

]]> By: Biggie's Momma http://american-family.org/2008/12/15/hitting-the-accelerator/comment-page-1/#comment-99570 Biggie's Momma Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:27:15 +0000 http://american-family.org/?p=1753#comment-99570 Wow. Reading your post and the comments brings back a lot of memories of my own. I went to college and lived on campus at 16, graduated at 19, and I think I'm a bit older than you and the commenters... my elementary school didn't have a G&T program or anything - in some ways it was good because everything they did was tailored especially to my situation, but it was also "bad" because if my parents or teachers didn't advocate or push for something, it wasn't likely to happen. I was lucky enough to have some good teachers early on who spent extra time with me and let me do things at my own pace. As for the social side of things, I've experienced being both the awkward nerd and being moderately popular, and I was the same person in both situations. It's just that in 1 school the popular kids also happened to be the kids in all the AP classes, while at the other school we were not. My parents were pretty strict with me at home, so I went a little wild when I first went to college, but eventually I got my act together and figured it out. Wow. Reading your post and the comments brings back a lot of memories of my own. I went to college and lived on campus at 16, graduated at 19, and I think I’m a bit older than you and the commenters… my elementary school didn’t have a G&T program or anything – in some ways it was good because everything they did was tailored especially to my situation, but it was also “bad” because if my parents or teachers didn’t advocate or push for something, it wasn’t likely to happen. I was lucky enough to have some good teachers early on who spent extra time with me and let me do things at my own pace.

As for the social side of things, I’ve experienced being both the awkward nerd and being moderately popular, and I was the same person in both situations. It’s just that in 1 school the popular kids also happened to be the kids in all the AP classes, while at the other school we were not.

My parents were pretty strict with me at home, so I went a little wild when I first went to college, but eventually I got my act together and figured it out.

]]> By: Karen http://american-family.org/2008/12/15/hitting-the-accelerator/comment-page-1/#comment-98306 Karen Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:30:52 +0000 http://american-family.org/?p=1753#comment-98306 My 12 year old is two years fully accelerated and 4 years focus accelerated in math in your neighboring district. We wrote the book on acceleration for our state. If you want to "talk" send me an email and I will send you my phone number - or ask some familiar faces at Chinese school for it!! FYI - the district you are in will have a hard time getting PSEO now that it is an IB district. Just a heads up that things are always changing....... My 12 year old is two years fully accelerated and 4 years focus accelerated in math in your neighboring district. We wrote the book on acceleration for our state. If you want to “talk” send me an email and I will send you my phone number – or ask some familiar faces at Chinese school for it!!

FYI – the district you are in will have a hard time getting PSEO now that it is an IB district. Just a heads up that things are always changing…….

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