"school makes me boring"

Tammy - posted on 11/09/2008

Don't let socialization stop you from homeschooling. Join a homeschooling group and your child will get more 'productive' socialization that in most schools. A good friend of mine homeschooles and there are groupd activities planned all the time, about 12 a week.

Michele - posted on 11/08/2008

I have a friend who homeschools and she belongs to a group of other families in the area who also homeschool. They get together often for field trips and it provides not only social experiences and interactions, but learning opportunites that these kids may not be able to get within a public school system. I know they have joined 4-H as a group and participated in many activities through that. It's just a thought if it's the lack of social interaction is what worries you about homeschooling.

Rachael - posted on 11/01/2008

I had thought of homeschooling... but J has some social issues... He NEEDS to be around other kids, mainly because he doesn't like being around other kids. He would be perfectly happy with me all the time. Here they won't test for gifted until 3rd grade! He is already so very very small for his age, as in, at almost 4, he still wears 12-18 month clothing... so skipping grades, and starting early aren't really an option... not with his social issues. To be fair, my husband's IQ is over 140, as is mine... but I don't want him to fall into the traps we did.

Samantha - posted on 10/31/2008

Well, luckily they created a school in our district that is for gifted education. They teach kids who are in that zone, plus all of the districts special, and gifted education students. All the kids in my sons class have a minimum IQ of 125 or 130 I believe.

Emily - posted on 10/31/2008

Have you considered home school? Especially since you are an educator, you'd be great at it and I think your child will respond very well since you are going at his pace versus him waiting around for the other children to catch up to his level.

Heather - posted on 10/30/2008

What is a gifted public school? In our district, their only answer for us was to have my daughter skip grades. They have a gifted program, which she's been going to for 2 years, but it only meets one day out of the week. Sure. . skipping a couple grades solves an immediate problem, but there will come a time when she gets bored once again. Socially, I don't know that continuing to skip is the answer??

Samantha - posted on 10/29/2008

Sounds like my son! :-) He picked up a book and started reading on his own. No one taught him! (well except sesame street! ha!)

I brought him for a gifted screening and they recommended testing. He was tested by a psychologist and had a WAY high IQ and is now in a gifted public school. I was told that even gifted education wouldn't challenge him and that "we'll take it as we go and see what we can do"

So I load him up with extra activities to take to school. Harder reading, flash cards, puzzles, etc. He does those when things get boring in school. He loves the whole pokemon thing now too which is really cool. He loves and chess and drawing too. He asked me yesterday "Can I have a book of my own with lines to I write things down that I'm thinking about every day?" um yeah! You want to start journaling at 6!? okay...

Hope that helps...