#gifted ed

[precociouspoppy]

Homeschooling the asynchonous

What does asynchronous development look like in a gifted child? It can appear in a variety of ways. In our children it can be everything from reading while still in diapers to correcting the grammar of adults while still in the sippy cup age. Still climbing into bed with mom and dad while also asking for telescopes and quality scientific tools at every opportunity. Planning a homeschool for…

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[poondragoon]

When I was in Elementary (Primary) School, I was placed into a Gifted Education Program and once a week the other students in this program and I would hop on a bus at the beginning of the day and go to a separate education center where we picked our own classes and got to study crap that ACTUALLY interested us in a hands-on, small-classroom setting. The classes I can remember taking were on things like

The Lewis and Clark Expedition

Invention and Innovation

Creative and Practical Engineering

Dinosaurs

Greek Mythology

Harry Potter (my best friend, who despite having very reasonable and moderate parents was ultra baptist-brainwashed at the time [as in openly refused to sing a song in music class because it featured the word “praise” in a context not referring to God], actually wept when I got in)

Spaceflight and planetary exploration (this was when Spirit and Opportunity first touched down: major news at the time)

Comic Books and Superheroes

Back then it was the coolest thing ever, and I appreciate it all the more even now - we had the opportunity to not only learn about stuff we were actually interested in and through it learned actual “important*** things**asterisk^∞” - but I can’t help but think, looking back...

...were they isolating us to keep our love of learning from being completely destroyed, or to keep it from “infecting” the students that they had already “cured?”

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[simonsrock]

5 Signs You Should Consider Early College

If you're a high school student already itching to get into a college classroom, you might want to investigate early college, and you can start with these insider insights from the Director of Admission at such an institution, Bard College at Simon's Rock!

How many of the 5 Signs are you exhibiting?

[simonsrock]

Peter Laipson, Provost of The Early College, Bard College at Simon’s Rock, tackles the trending topic of the value of higher education, addressing William Deresiewicz’s New Republic opinion piece, perceptions of perfection, and the importance of risk taking.

Should you send your kid to the #IvyLeague? #SimonsRock Provost Peter Laipson joins the #highered debate http://t.co/wpNOfhFNJ0 | #College

— Simon's Rock (@SimonsRock) August 12, 2014