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My child is considered an outlier AMA

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RomanyRoots · 28/07/2018 14:25

I know he/she (which I will alternate) is talented, but have been told this only recently.
Be kind please and AMA

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Milkshakeminer · 28/07/2018 14:47

Why she/he is the child male or female?

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RomanyRoots · 28/07/2018 14:49

started violin at 6.5, and was singing in LA Junior choir at 7.
Then woodwind instruments about 9, and Piano around this time too.

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RomanyRoots · 28/07/2018 14:51

glint

The teachers didn't say protege, as they are all proteges or G&T, at the school anyway, it was the term used, I had to look it up.

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RomanyRoots · 28/07/2018 14:53

Milk
have changed some details as the child doesn't like being talked about and identified, which happened on another forum.

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glintandglide · 28/07/2018 14:53

Ok it’s just the term doesn’t relate specifically to music.

AliceLutherNeeMorgan · 28/07/2018 14:54

The being rubbish at maths thing is interesting. My daughter is quite musical (not an outlier though,) and she and all the other good musicians at her school seem to be very Maths-orientated. I thought that was more often the case.

ApolloandDaphne · 28/07/2018 14:55

I didn't know what outlier meant at all. If you had said 'musical prodigy' i would have got it. Surely people can be 'outliers' in many things?

HoundOfTheBasketballs · 28/07/2018 14:56

I think it's quite mean, if your child has specifically said they don't like being talked about on the internet, for you to continue to talk about them on the internet, whether they are identifiable or not.
I would be really angry and hurt if someone did that to me.

ScrubTheDecks · 28/07/2018 14:57

Does s/he enjoy it?
Want to make a career of it?
Work like crazy, or skip on practice?
Does it affect his/ her friendships and social life?

Lovely talent and skill to have.

Milkshakeminer · 28/07/2018 14:58

Outlier just means someone who is different? Surely that applies to a lot of children. I feel like I’m missing the point.

FatCow2018 · 28/07/2018 14:58

I agree hound!

LRDtheFeministDragon · 28/07/2018 14:59

A protégé is someone who's being mentored/coached, usually (though not always) because of their special ability. Do you mean prodigy? Cos you would expect children who were protégés to be doing well - if they weren't then it'd be a waste of time from whoever was investing in them!

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RomanyRoots · 28/07/2018 14:59

Apollo
Of course, that's why I used the term, they had used.
It could just as easily apply to maths, or any other subject.
The outlier part was of interest, rather than the subject iyswim

Alice

People always ask if child is good at maths and they used to hate having to say, no they were dreadful. It really was so often said.
Child is quite good at Art, English, languages.

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glintandglide · 28/07/2018 15:01

What is a Gifted and talented school? Are there many around? I’ve never heard of them. I thought super selectives or specialist music schools were pretty much the only choices in that area

Iwasjustabouttosaythat · 28/07/2018 15:03

OP, do you think the talent is more nature or nurture? Obviously you have a family background in music but do you think your DC would be just as capable if they grew up in a non-musical setting?

Was it the musical talent that made you put them in a G&T school? Or were you going to send them there for other reasons anyway?

daisypond · 28/07/2018 15:05

Do they have a funded place at one of the specialist music schools under the Music and Dance Scheme? Or could they get one?

user546425732 · 28/07/2018 15:06

started violin at 6.5, and was singing in LA Junior choir at 7.
Then woodwind instruments about 9, and Piano around this time too.

That's not especially early is it?

Trethew · 28/07/2018 15:08

I haven’t a clue what you’re talking about

French2019 · 28/07/2018 15:10

Why would you want to label your child as an outlier? What benefits do you think it will confer? Do you perceive any risks in adopting this label.

FWIW, my dd has also been described as an (academic) outlier on several occasions. I see no benefit at all in adopting this as a label to describe her. She is so much more than what she is able to do.

ChristmasArmadillo · 28/07/2018 15:13

Do you mean protege, or prodigy? As someone who is fairly familiar with musically inclined child prodigies, you’d have known about it before now! It isn’t the same as being musically talented.

ravenmum · 28/07/2018 15:14

Your child is a protegé = your child gets support and/or money from a benefactor.
Your child is a prodigy = your child is a genius.

ravenmum · 28/07/2018 15:15

(Cross-posted, Christmas! I was telling OP.)

PerverseConverse · 28/07/2018 15:17

So you he/she is an outlier but you don't know what that means.
She/he is going to be alternated because they could be identified.
She/he is gifted and talented but crap at maths.
Every other child at school is gifted and talented but your child is an outlier (could be good or bad)
He/she doesn't like being talked about but here you are.
He/she has been identified on another forum so you thought you'd come here and post your nonsense thread and risk the same happening?
Aye, ok then Hmm

quizqueen · 28/07/2018 15:20

So you've got a child who is talented musically and it runs in the family. That's lovely. Now what is this thread about?

PomegranateBun · 28/07/2018 15:20

Funny old thread, this.