[quote=wanttobuy]alright, seems this old thread is alive again. I am frustrated with GATE in Poway due to the fact that my son was tested GATE (99.7 something), but he was not performing as he supposed to. As a fact, he has trouble understanding some instructions when doing math or reading comprehension. When I asked his teacher, she simply commented that “GATE students’ brain functions differently.” It seems that his angle of thinking is different.As a result, he is frustrated too. I really wish Poway has a program catering to GATE students. But again, I suppose every gifted students has his/her own area of giftness…[/quote]
I share your frustration… my son is struggling also and the teachers use his gate status/weird brain thing as an excuse… rather than working to find a way to improve his performance. When he first tested gate his teacher said “That explains a lot. I just don’t get these gate kids”. Mind you our school has 1/3-1/2 identified gate for the 3rd grade up… so the teacher was admitting she doesn’t understand a HUGE portion of her students. (She was an exceptionally crappy teacher) I’m really frustrated.
