Re: "Gentleman, let us pray..."


Joel Shurkin wrote:
> flaviaR@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Seriously, tho'; my daughter takes her Gifted & Talented examinations
> > this afternoon, and I find myself getting a lot more anxious about it than
> > I thought I would.
> > I knew she was smarter than average, but I didn't realize she was this
> > smart. None of my friends are surprised, so maybe it's because I'm so
> > used to her that I don't notice how special she is...? How horrible of me!
> > At any rate. I'm not worried so much about how she'll do. I'm more
> > worried about her disappointment if she doesn't get in - as well as if
> > she does :-) Our luck, she'll breeze through the exams. but hate the
> > coursework!!
> > Of course, *all* my problems should be of this sort!!
> >
> > Susan
>
> My daughter got in and went the first year. We thought it was wonderful
> (4th graders reading Shakespeare). She announce she had no intention of
> doing more homework during her summer vacation and has refused to go back.
>
I just hope she doesn't end up in my situation. I was placed in the
gifted student program, but my parents wouldn't let them promote me a
couple grades as well, and I was still bored out of my skull most of
the time for the next seven years. Not surprisingly, I spent a lot of
class time goofing around and, depending on whether I enjoyed a class
or not, would bring home report cards with four or five A's and a
couple F's from not having done the work.

Eliyahu

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