[ConservativeWarrior]

Agree and disagree. 2 of our 3 kids were in the gifted program.

We enrolled the oldest in 3rd grade after she complained of having to help the teacher grade tests while the other kids finished them.

The second got in at 6th grade, despite a speech impediment. Through the program, he developed and published a navigation app in the Apple store.

The third qualified but didn’t want any part of the program. We didn’t force him into it.

Options are good.

[grania]

It sounds like the teacher who had your child correcting papers should not have being teaching anyone, let alone the gifted. A good teacher at ALL levels wants not just a grade, they want to see the process.

Too many times I've seen gifted programs used to dictate the thought process of the most capable.

It's one of the things wrong with the rigors of common core. It's results oriented, not process oriented. A lot of opportunity for independent thinking gets lost along the way.