tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9393658.post114393449240802695..comments2023-10-21T02:38:56.680-07:00Comments on Going to Pieces: The Gifts of 10Diane Perinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447372718275554860noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9393658.post-1144016435359421042006-04-02T15:20:00.000-07:002006-04-02T15:20:00.000-07:00Thanks for sharing the links, and for opening up a...Thanks for sharing the links, and for opening up a discussion of what giftedness is and isn't. <BR/>If only it had to do just with being "smart", sigh...And schools are so focused on "no child left behind", it seems like the gifted kids are the ones who lose out, Unless, you are lucky enough to have a great teacher, which my kids have had many that were but some that were the worst also.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13520688931014943244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9393658.post-1143996261786006782006-04-02T09:44:00.000-07:002006-04-02T09:44:00.000-07:00I am the mother of 3 gifted boys, now almost all g...I am the mother of 3 gifted boys, now almost all grown. They have each found their own path but, yes at times, it has been difficult. The blessing I had was a gifted program at our schoool where during part of the week the gifted students studied together. They branched out from regulated curriculum and studied many different things. This enabled my boys to be around other children thinking aboutAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com