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Why Gifted Students Still Hate School, Part II « Lorem Ipsum

By adso 241 days ago from http://adsoofmelk.wordpress.com

Why do gifted students hate school? Maybe because teachers come from the lowest-performing group of students in college -- and from there, it gets even worse. Colleges of education insist on mediocrity, and if there's one thing that gifted students aren't, it's mediocre. Here's a sample:

"When I was going to the Coll

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Why Gifted Students Hate School « Lorem Ipsum

By adso 241 days ago from http://adsoofmelk.wordpress.com

If you have a gifted child, especially if you have a way gifted child, you probably have one of those scary teacher stories. Shaun related several of hers and others’, so I’ll relate one of mine, or rather one of someone I know rather well. This person — let’s call her Ginnie — was in the school system way back in the days wh

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