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Newest Review: ... his years there. It also taught him a good deal about educational responsibility since he still had to make up his regular school work from the day he missed. This isn't to say that this program was faultless. The major problems with this program were twofold: 1) Some children in his regular school chided him about his being "special" and there was a time when he was unwilling to go to the other school. As soon as we realized that his "tummy aches" landed only on that particular day of the week, we dealt with the problem. This apparently happens more to older children when many drop out of the program due to peer pr... more

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Raising Gifted Children: Not Always an Easy Gift to Accept (1364 words)
by - written on 15/07/08 (Very useful, 144 readings)
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First of all let me remind you that I live in Israel where the school system here is quite different from those in the USA and the UK. I know this because I am a product of American schools, and I have many friends who have had children in both school systems (and some in England as well), and am drawing on their experiences as well as my own. Here in Israel, gifted children are tested regarding their thinking patterns and not regarding their academic knowledge. The tests here are able to discover gifted children who may also have learning disabilities - so just because a child doesn't read well, or can't get the hang of math, doesn't mean they might not be ... Read the complete review

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