Child Genius

**Patty**

red_devil wrote: »

loved it a breath of fresh air better than watching scummy fly on the walls about familys on council estates.

Oh dear.

I live on a council estate & my youngest is on the gifted & talented register.........It's not measured by how large your mortgage is thankfully.:rotfl:

There is a strong correlation between identifying factors of Asperger's and the G & T.....the NAGC website lists them.


And the pedant in me can't resist pointing out it is *familIES*.....not familys.:o:o

tyllwyd

Lagoon wrote: »

I'm very interested in this 'Gifted and Talented' register, actually. What exactly does it involve, and how long has it been going? ...

At my kid's secondary school, they identify the top 10% or so of kids (using SATS results and a test in year 7) who are the 'core' AGAT (able gifted and talented) group. The subject teachers also identify the top 10% or so in each subject. My DD is AGAT in a few subjects, but not core AGAT.

I'm afraid from her point of view it really hasn't made much of a difference - sometimes there are workshops or other activities which the AGAT kids in that subject are invited to take part in, which she enjoys when they come up, but overall it hasn't made any significant difference to her experience of school.


Edited to say ... I think the biggest difference for her compared to my generation is the internet - she spends most of her life on tumblr, blogging and chatting to other people, and she has a couple of close friends who share her interests but both live about twenty miles away, so she can keep in touch with them through facebook. She doesn't have that kind of close friendship with anybody at school.

iammumtoone

kitschkitty wrote: »

To me the behaviours of a couple of the boys just screamed Aspergers, but no-one else seems to have noticed or mentioned it.

I noticed this and thought it was very odd that one mother had a list of her child's brain activity on the wall so everyone who came to the house could read it! The ones that are, you would hope have been diagnosed (the school should notice and help with this) but I don't see that it was necessary to mention it in the program as it was about child geniuses not ASD.

raq

I watched this programme with interest.

I am not going to delve into a huge post on this but the only thing I will say is, my 3 children may not be a "child genuis" but they are well mannered and are very happy children....

raq

tesuhoha wrote: »

Yes, I agree with you there. It was interesting.

Sorry am gonna have to disagree.

Message on facebook after the programme finished about over Pompeous" kids.

Just didn,t like Hugo or his parent,s. Mentioning "Shagging" at the age of 10...come on now.

raq

iammumtoone wrote: »

I noticed this and thought it was very odd that one mother had a list of her child's brain activity on the wall so everyone who came to the house could read it! The ones that are, you would hope have been diagnosed (the school should notice and help with this) but I don't see that it was necessary to mention it in the program as it was about child geniuses not ASD.

Here here, I thought exactly the same...

raq

iammumtoone wrote: »

I saw it and thought it was sad, apart from one family who seemed slightly embarrassed of their son (the train spotter) all the other kids didn't seem like they were allowed to be kids. I thought it was terrible when one boy didn't do very well his father didn't even clap for him. Of course this could just be the editing of the program and it would be unfair to judge too harshly.

just let them have a bag of haribo,s and be happy:rotfl:

Lou67

I have seen this now on catch-up.

Have to say that I felt quite sorry for a couple of them, especially the one who got 'stage fright' and got zero in the 'quiz,' and then his mother pushed him into the next round. (he was the one who liked chess.)

Hugo was just dreadful and called everyone who was not as 'intelligent' as him 'stupid.' I also think he displayed odd behavioural issues.

And the lad whose dad was formerly with the Hong Kong police didn't seem to have any kind of life outside studying and learning.

They are CHILDREN FGS! I can't imagine one single one of these children growing up and thanking their parents for what they have been doing (pushing them so severely.) I also noticed that the pushy parents had other children (mostly younger,) who were basically ignored. I felt sorry for them more than the 'clever' child.

Dreadful. Absolutely dreadful. Lord knows what these children will be like when they're adults. Most of them oozed arrogance and superiority.

red_devil

raq wrote: »

Sorry am gonna have to disagree.

Message on facebook after the programme finished about over Pompeous" kids.

Just didn,t like Hugo or his parent,s. Mentioning "Shagging" at the age of 10...come on now.

i thought it was interesting thats my opinion.

clairey_em

My DS1 is on the gifted and talented register, he's just about to finish reception. He has found the activities the g and t kids have done to be interesting and challenging. He absolutely loves puzzles, reading, drawing and especially maths so it has been great for him. He likes that all the g and t kids have a lesson together and doesn't show an signs of it affecting his relationships with his other friends.

We are so proud of his achievements but we would never push him or force him to do any learning or reading or anything if he didn't want to, but he is desperate to learn. Our DS2 has different strengths and isn't quite so keen to learn like DS 1 was so we won't ever push him into doing anything he doesn't want to. I have never bagged about Ds1's g and t status and never would but we are pleased he is getting some more challenging work to do in the way those children who are struggling get extra help.

We will push him in future but only while he's enjoying it. I was pushed slot, particularly with music and as a painfully shy child, I hated it and it has stayed with me. I would never force either of my children into anything they don't want to do but wil definitely encourage and give them opportunities should they show interest.

I felt so sorry for that little lad who was the chess genius. Poor little guy. And that crap they had written out at home about how his mind works... Come on!!