A bright child is a bullied child in state schools!!!!!!!

[TenaLady]

Your thoughts please. I just find it incredible that if a child is bright either in primary or secondary school they seem to be penalised by their peers.

Is it jealousy, what is it that makes these children that want to get on and enjoy their education such a target?

I know if it were my child I may consider private education where the motto is fail and you are doomed or does this behaviour also happen in private education?

[Lancelottie]

This thread is ten years old.

[Oliversmumsarmy]

Not state school but one girl we knew was extremely bright no real friends. Nothing to do with the fact of her cleverness she was just an obnoxious know it all who tried to boss everyone around because she put herself in charge.

Never spent more than 2 or 3 years at a school.

She was never bullied but children would give her a wide berth.

[mrz]

Not something that I've observed in many years of teaching

[Lancelottie]

...including the ten years since this thread started, Mrz?

[Waltons]

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[Muskey]

This is exactly why I moved my dd from state to private. Dd had a terrible time from year 2 until the end of year 4 she is highly strung and was an easy target.The worse thing about it was the school did nothing because the dc involved mothers were closely connected to the school. She has been in private school since year 5 where she has excelled. She is still thought of as a swot and uncool but because she has a group of friends who are very similar she happy having found her "tribe"

[TalkinPeece]

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[TisGlorious]

I know its a Zombie, but whilst this may apply to some schools, it certainly doesn't apply across the board. Some of the brightest kids i know are from state schools, ordinary comps not even Grammar. But those type of schools, where you have to dumb down certainly do exist.

[Parsley1234]

In my sons prep there is a general culture of being really pleased for everyone with their achievements. If someone's bright their peers are happy for them. My son is very average but he's been helped a lot to achieve higher results through very small classes - 10 pupils and a lot of confidence building and belief in him. His role models at his next school are very bright and it is very cool there to be bright and work hard.

[TalkinPeece]

It applied in the private schools I attended.
Its a nasty thread that should have gone away a long time ago.

[BadToTheBone]

Not in my son's school, he's Year 10 and plenty of his mates are intelligent and work hard, it's a very good school in an affluent area, however only 1.5miles away it's a different thing, my friends son goes there and is mercilessly bullied for being a swot!