Gifted and talented.

[jabed]

Its three O clock in the morning. I have a stinking headache which is why I am up and I would like to get contentious. Do you mind?

With no holds barred, my DS is by any definition gifted and talented. I am a fairly able kind of guy myself and DW is extremely gifted, so no prizes for guessing where he gets it.

The thing is, I have been pondering what I am going to do with him. We currently HE. This is because he is young- He is a late August born and would, were he at school he going into year 2 now. Many a couple of weeks younger would just be going into year 1.
He is gifted as I said, which is another reason for not putting him in school. he has a generally high IQ and academic giftedness and if SW is right he has musical talent.

I don?t want him accelerated. I don?t want him messed with. I want him to be what neither DW nor I were - a child with a childhood. My experience of the local school, which would have been our first choice (and was in fact where we sent him) for his primary years do not deserve him. The teachers cannot deal with gifted children. He does not deserve his peers in that school - disruptive and largely ill socialised with a large percentage at the other end of the spectrum to DS. But there is no other local school.

There is my own school which has a prep but they want to put him a year up.

So, what do you do in that situation? I am at a loss. I have looked at options and got bogged down. We have to make a decision before year 3 as I seriously believe he needs to be in formal education at some point there.

Just a general throw out to see what others would do with such a DS. I reserve the right to get toss potty if people get rude about my DS or my feelings about being middle class etc.
This is my DS not an abstract. Thanks

TW2K - yes, its Anne of Green Gables country.

Lots of bright lights and city life (not). We like it.

Don't worry, the likes of Vanessa George are determined to make pedophilia an equal opportunity perversion.

I have no doubt that it's the perfect place to support your rural inclinations and tendency towards old world charm and aversion to modern life. I have to say I'm mildly curious about provision for gifted kids (we are not urban and I know there is nothing to speak of without an hour and a half drive - there are no private or charter schools here) but you've obviously found a niche. Does PEI have a community identified stream for immigration? I assume so.

I not a mad fan if scouts but I really don't think anyone can in seriousness call it militaristic it's not CCF for Gods sake!
I personally think its a bit too safe a bit wet.
But then I'm a hreartless cow who sends my DCs off to boarding school at 7!!

Well, of course scouts is a bit safe and wet - just like the Church of England (and, come to think of it, England - aren't we renowned for our rain and lack of dangerous wild animals??? apart, of course, from the human wild animals attending UK state schools).

"I personally think its a bit too safe a bit wet."

I do think that varies a lot between individual groups - DS's old Beavers did a 4 mile snow hike, followed by a bivouac in an isolated barn (including a night treasure hunt), followed by sledging the folllowing morning and hiking home ... just because it snowed and they had some new 6 year olds (including DS) to invest. The leader said at an AGM that they saw their USP as 'risk'.

When we moved, his new Beavers played games in a church hall.... luckily Cubs and scouts are much more up for the 'risk' agenda.

"a bit wet"?

Tell that the the members of my dd's troop who did a 15 mile night hike over unknown ground in February with no tent, only bivvy bags to sleep in......

OTOH, the current Cub troop have complex military-style flag manoevres, salute, stand to attention and at ease, and march to [loudly barked] orders, (and also have a fetish for freshly ironed kit and very polished shoes), so as I say I have some sympathy with the 'militaristic' angle!

I'm mildly curious about provision for gifted kids

Its not a priority in my book but there is one school I know of. I have said I am not worried about provision for G&T either here or in Canada. I have a gifted child that doesnt mean he needs such provision. DS has Canadian citizenship (through DW).

Just shows how each scouting group is run by a very individual individual. It's not as if it can really pick and choose these days, given that so few people are willing to volunteer - evangelical christian; atheist but willing not to advertise it too loudly; follower of an entirely different religion to christianity; militaristic; patriotic flag waving; touchy-feely; outdoorsy; hopelessly disorganised; irritated to have been roped in at all but feels that someone has to do it and nobody else will damn well bother... the scouts attract them all. Probably because when reasonably well run, they do quite a lot of fun and varied stuff. A community tends to end up with the sort of scout troop it deserves.

The scouts local to jabed probably organise dog fights which they publicise on You Tube, bare knuckle fights and mud wrestling (cheek biting permitted).

Oh, and do a badge for fencing of the garden and nicking varieties.

Mmm. So you say. But equally you are unhappy with regular education as your ds requires something 'different' (unspecified apart from naice peers).

You are the dude re homeschooling thread, though, aren't you? (that's not an accusation - I'm just trying to place you as I've got bells ringing, and had wondered how far you (if it was you) had got with your new found determination to get activist...)

Or am I thinking about someone else entirely?

I taught our cubs to iron their neckers.

I thought there might be a riot. (on the same evening I taught them to Hoover).

I haven't ventured down that path subsequently.

I should probably add that we also went ice fishing, camping (both summer and winter) and whatnot, so as not to give the impression I was attempting to subvert their masculinity, blah blah. We did the same with the guides.

I don't think I know any yoof that even own polishable shoes.

As a member of the guiding movement I used to take part in an annual overnight marathon. 26.2 miles in the dark, with a river crossing in the middle, and doubtful map reading skills. I'm just signing up my girls for a similar event in October. I suspect it might be wet... (or snowing).

My ds learned to iron as a Cub. Starting with neckers, and moving on to shirts.

Why live in the UK with small violent neighbours if you can live on Prince Edward Island instead?

I thought you were going to say why live in the uk with small violent neighbours when you can live in Canada with grizzly bears........

We saw 7 in 3 days last week - only two grizzlys, the rest were blacks. and now you've reminded me, I forgot to post on the Great Outdoors spotting threads. we were looking for moose though

Not all violent people are small.