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May 27, 2009 at 10:54 PM #407186May 27, 2009 at 11:36 PM #406510
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ParticipantAbsolutely agree with both of your posts, dave and flu. Those were excellent posts.
For a non-parent, you have a good insight WRT what makes healthy, happy (or content) kids, davelj. From what I’ve seen, you’re spot-on.
May 27, 2009 at 11:36 PM #406753CA renter
ParticipantAbsolutely agree with both of your posts, dave and flu. Those were excellent posts.
For a non-parent, you have a good insight WRT what makes healthy, happy (or content) kids, davelj. From what I’ve seen, you’re spot-on.
May 27, 2009 at 11:36 PM #406997CA renter
ParticipantAbsolutely agree with both of your posts, dave and flu. Those were excellent posts.
For a non-parent, you have a good insight WRT what makes healthy, happy (or content) kids, davelj. From what I’ve seen, you’re spot-on.
May 27, 2009 at 11:36 PM #407060CA renter
ParticipantAbsolutely agree with both of your posts, dave and flu. Those were excellent posts.
For a non-parent, you have a good insight WRT what makes healthy, happy (or content) kids, davelj. From what I’ve seen, you’re spot-on.
May 27, 2009 at 11:36 PM #407206CA renter
ParticipantAbsolutely agree with both of your posts, dave and flu. Those were excellent posts.
For a non-parent, you have a good insight WRT what makes healthy, happy (or content) kids, davelj. From what I’ve seen, you’re spot-on.
May 28, 2009 at 12:03 PM #406700UCGal
Participant[quote=CA renter]Ultimately though, high intelligence does not mean a person is going to succeed. Oftentimes, gifted people are so accustomed to having everything come easy to them, that they lack any kind of motivation to tackle life’s challenges. They can be some of the laziest people you’ll ever know.
Like flu and AN mentioned above, nothing matters if a person doesn’t have a good work ethic.[/quote]
ITA with this. My brother was a prime example. He seemed to think that because he was smart the world owed him an exceptional income. Unfortunately, his bosses didn’t agree and he kept losing jobs. He was always convinced that he was “above” playing politics at work. My dad and I would shake our heads, pointing out that meeting deadlines and some sucking up to the boss was the real world. Telling off the boss was not a good way to stay employed.
He never did figure it out.
May 28, 2009 at 12:03 PM #406943UCGal
Participant[quote=CA renter]Ultimately though, high intelligence does not mean a person is going to succeed. Oftentimes, gifted people are so accustomed to having everything come easy to them, that they lack any kind of motivation to tackle life’s challenges. They can be some of the laziest people you’ll ever know.
Like flu and AN mentioned above, nothing matters if a person doesn’t have a good work ethic.[/quote]
ITA with this. My brother was a prime example. He seemed to think that because he was smart the world owed him an exceptional income. Unfortunately, his bosses didn’t agree and he kept losing jobs. He was always convinced that he was “above” playing politics at work. My dad and I would shake our heads, pointing out that meeting deadlines and some sucking up to the boss was the real world. Telling off the boss was not a good way to stay employed.
He never did figure it out.
May 28, 2009 at 12:03 PM #407187UCGal
Participant[quote=CA renter]Ultimately though, high intelligence does not mean a person is going to succeed. Oftentimes, gifted people are so accustomed to having everything come easy to them, that they lack any kind of motivation to tackle life’s challenges. They can be some of the laziest people you’ll ever know.
Like flu and AN mentioned above, nothing matters if a person doesn’t have a good work ethic.[/quote]
ITA with this. My brother was a prime example. He seemed to think that because he was smart the world owed him an exceptional income. Unfortunately, his bosses didn’t agree and he kept losing jobs. He was always convinced that he was “above” playing politics at work. My dad and I would shake our heads, pointing out that meeting deadlines and some sucking up to the boss was the real world. Telling off the boss was not a good way to stay employed.
He never did figure it out.
May 28, 2009 at 12:03 PM #407249UCGal
Participant[quote=CA renter]Ultimately though, high intelligence does not mean a person is going to succeed. Oftentimes, gifted people are so accustomed to having everything come easy to them, that they lack any kind of motivation to tackle life’s challenges. They can be some of the laziest people you’ll ever know.
Like flu and AN mentioned above, nothing matters if a person doesn’t have a good work ethic.[/quote]
ITA with this. My brother was a prime example. He seemed to think that because he was smart the world owed him an exceptional income. Unfortunately, his bosses didn’t agree and he kept losing jobs. He was always convinced that he was “above” playing politics at work. My dad and I would shake our heads, pointing out that meeting deadlines and some sucking up to the boss was the real world. Telling off the boss was not a good way to stay employed.
He never did figure it out.
May 28, 2009 at 12:03 PM #407397UCGal
Participant[quote=CA renter]Ultimately though, high intelligence does not mean a person is going to succeed. Oftentimes, gifted people are so accustomed to having everything come easy to them, that they lack any kind of motivation to tackle life’s challenges. They can be some of the laziest people you’ll ever know.
Like flu and AN mentioned above, nothing matters if a person doesn’t have a good work ethic.[/quote]
ITA with this. My brother was a prime example. He seemed to think that because he was smart the world owed him an exceptional income. Unfortunately, his bosses didn’t agree and he kept losing jobs. He was always convinced that he was “above” playing politics at work. My dad and I would shake our heads, pointing out that meeting deadlines and some sucking up to the boss was the real world. Telling off the boss was not a good way to stay employed.
He never did figure it out.
May 28, 2009 at 2:36 PM #406764gn
Participant[quote=flu]I’ll take a kid that isn’t truely gifted with strong work ethics + parent involvement versus a truely gifted kid that otherwise is lazy. I’ve seen my fair share of peers that were “gifted” that wasted their early part of their life away.
[/quote]flu, good point.
Dingeman elementary school in Scripps has a GATE Cluster Diversity program in which they mix the GATE student with the rest of the students in the classrooms (at least 25% of the students are GATE students).
I’m wondering if Dingeman does this so that:
– GATE students are less likely to think that they are “special”.
– GATE students learn work/study with the other students & still have their needs addressed by GATE-trained teachers.May 28, 2009 at 2:36 PM #407008gn
Participant[quote=flu]I’ll take a kid that isn’t truely gifted with strong work ethics + parent involvement versus a truely gifted kid that otherwise is lazy. I’ve seen my fair share of peers that were “gifted” that wasted their early part of their life away.
[/quote]flu, good point.
Dingeman elementary school in Scripps has a GATE Cluster Diversity program in which they mix the GATE student with the rest of the students in the classrooms (at least 25% of the students are GATE students).
I’m wondering if Dingeman does this so that:
– GATE students are less likely to think that they are “special”.
– GATE students learn work/study with the other students & still have their needs addressed by GATE-trained teachers.May 28, 2009 at 2:36 PM #407252gn
Participant[quote=flu]I’ll take a kid that isn’t truely gifted with strong work ethics + parent involvement versus a truely gifted kid that otherwise is lazy. I’ve seen my fair share of peers that were “gifted” that wasted their early part of their life away.
[/quote]flu, good point.
Dingeman elementary school in Scripps has a GATE Cluster Diversity program in which they mix the GATE student with the rest of the students in the classrooms (at least 25% of the students are GATE students).
I’m wondering if Dingeman does this so that:
– GATE students are less likely to think that they are “special”.
– GATE students learn work/study with the other students & still have their needs addressed by GATE-trained teachers.May 28, 2009 at 2:36 PM #407314gn
Participant[quote=flu]I’ll take a kid that isn’t truely gifted with strong work ethics + parent involvement versus a truely gifted kid that otherwise is lazy. I’ve seen my fair share of peers that were “gifted” that wasted their early part of their life away.
[/quote]flu, good point.
Dingeman elementary school in Scripps has a GATE Cluster Diversity program in which they mix the GATE student with the rest of the students in the classrooms (at least 25% of the students are GATE students).
I’m wondering if Dingeman does this so that:
– GATE students are less likely to think that they are “special”.
– GATE students learn work/study with the other students & still have their needs addressed by GATE-trained teachers. -
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