tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430112182493224146.post3859361011295922330..comments2023-11-03T01:07:50.102-07:00Comments on AJ's Clubhouse: Walking the railHarriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05180730302829554796noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430112182493224146.post-40331923302560358442008-09-26T12:01:00.000-07:002008-09-26T12:01:00.000-07:00Oh, I'm just as insecure. I just learned that my ...Oh, I'm just as insecure. I just learned that my friend's son has been diagnosed with a reading disability and, as classmates, they each know what level the other reads on. I want to avoid talking about the class with her. I'm wanting things more challenging, she thinks the teacher is too hard on the kids. How does one discuss it without feeling like they're bragging?<BR/><BR/>Our spelling is like yours this year. Much better. Conferences are next week and I'm going to ask if math could be done similarly. It is just too boring as it is now and Pook is getting sloppy with his homework. The only items he missed in all of last week's homework were due to carelessness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430112182493224146.post-90101746305976805882008-09-26T09:57:00.000-07:002008-09-26T09:57:00.000-07:00Maybe I should think about writing an entire piece...Maybe I should think about writing an entire piece on the distinction between "need" and "want" as it applies to gifted education, especially after elementary school.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430112182493224146.post-50761161000847789462008-09-26T09:54:00.000-07:002008-09-26T09:54:00.000-07:00I'd worry less. The people who get it about what ...I'd worry less. The people who get it about what gifted kids need are going to get it. If any of the parents you're talking to are the kind that have kids who want (or worse, kids whose parents want for them) the gifted program, then they're not the kind of people I'd worry too much about offending.<BR/><BR/>But then, I put a sign in my front yard urging people not to vote for a gay marriage ban in my state because "It's evil, pure and simple," so I'm not any kind of authority on social anxiety.<BR/><BR/>I get tired of people so earnest that they don't have a sense of perspective.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.com