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Original poster

Thank you MN Towers for this topic

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RTKangaMummy · 15/05/2006 13:57

Thank you MN towers

I know certain other posters are being really immature and silly about this topic

We will get picked on for posting on here

And certain other posters will be not be able to cope with a new topic

Why should it harm them to have this topic???

We are told off if we post in Education

My DS is SEN and GT so has different needs in both camps

For example, he is in top 2% for English in the country with a very high IQ but has dyspraxia and hypermobilty in his joints which means this week his classmates are doing cycling proficiency at school but he is unable to ride a bike well enough to be able to join in. SO he is the only one in his class not able to join in.

SO you guys can PARP and tease me all you like but I don't care.

You can just go and post somewhere else and link to newspaper articles about pushy parents all you like I don't care

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charmkin · 15/05/2006 18:53

Is nice but it is real double edged sword. Everyone expects them to be perfect all the time. Plus, they are bored most of the time at school.

Btw I know it is not a really massive problem and I am not comparing myself to someone whose kid is seriously sick or anything. But they are at school most of the time and it is horrible for them that they spend the whole time being bored out of their mind. It is just nice to be able to discuss the problem because if you bring it up in real life it is like you are boasting.

( and we are a bit but some of the issues are genuine)

foxinsocks · 15/05/2006 18:53

charmkin, I think that's a bit of a generalisation. If your child was bored silly, it's probably more a reflection of her school than the whole education system as a whole.

robinpud · 15/05/2006 18:58

I dopn't have a problem with this thread, but would like to point out that every child in my class has an exceptional need, be it academic, physical, social or emotional. G and T is great for highlighting the additional needs of the more able or exceptionally talented. There is special needs for those who need extra help to access the full curriculum. However what is there for children in the middle of the ability range whose needs are not labelled as " special" but would achieve more or be more successful physically or socially if they were given more time and attention? Every child is special in some way or other, but the vast majority never get singled out for anything extra.

charmkin · 15/05/2006 19:54

Maybe not a generalisation but a problem that a lot of kids in this situation have. If there weren't these sorts of issues surrounding 'g and t' kids ( crap label I know) then there wouldn't be so many people posting about it.

And I know being bored at school is not a major problem but it is one of those low level nagging issues that do affect your kid's life.I think that schools that deal well with sen wherever it is on the scale are few and far between.

Someone else must feel like this...

Piffle · 15/05/2006 20:09

Cod you are being particularly bitchy about this.
Personally you have truly fucked me off.
How dare you judge others and their kids needs, not all clever kids are bullied, fair enough
But I was and bombed out because of it, my son has been, thats my experience and therefore it is bloody VALID, certainly as valid a topic on a parenting site, as fucking shoes or hats or HAIRBANDS.

trace2 · 15/05/2006 20:13

here here, i agree with you Piffle, dh was buulied at school because of this, now ds is very much like him, and hes nearly 4 and already been bullied out of nursery!

Frenchgirl · 15/05/2006 20:14

this is a great and perfectly valid topic to have I think, I think people who just come here to boast will just be ignored and people who actually have something to contribute will be listened to
It's a difficult enought subject to talk about in RL

so I'll ignore cod on this (and dd isn't G&T even though - boast boast - she has a reading age of 11 and is not 7 yet)

MotherOfaPlodder · 15/05/2006 20:30

oh fgs piffle calm down
ned a hair band?

MotherOfaPlodder · 15/05/2006 20:30

frenchy
arf

misdee · 15/05/2006 20:36

i am was bored sh*tless at school.

the other day i posted asking how to encourage my 3yr old, and was met with comments like 'why do you need to?'

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RTKangaMummy · 15/05/2006 20:45

Aren't some people immature and so full of their own importance that they have to pass comment on threads and the posts within them all over the place?

This is sort of like what happens in the playground, I am sure there is also slagging off going on via msn about this thread/topic

But you must find it interesting to keep going on and on about it all afternoon.

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puff · 15/05/2006 20:47

RTKanga - I think this is a good idea

SoupDragon · 15/05/2006 20:47

Calm down the lot of you.

And I mean all of you.

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RTKangaMummy · 15/05/2006 20:51

For example Beetroot's DSs are GT with music but no one has said to her to stop talking about them

SO she is in the same boat, her DSs have certain needs that are different to ones at reg schools

And luckily they are doing very well as their talent has been identified and nutured

Cod you don't have a problem with them as well do you?

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cod · 15/05/2006 20:52

oh yes

zippitippitoes · 15/05/2006 20:53

it will blow over by tomorrow.

beety · 15/05/2006 20:54

dont bring me into this. my kids are hot housed not G&T

cod · 15/05/2006 20:55

snigger

liek tomatoes
god this is Boring me already
g o and smug away

wi wont btoher oyu any further
jsyut rememrb what happened to" only joking"

Blandmum · 15/05/2006 20:59

what, still be there?

figroll · 15/05/2006 21:00

It is nice to see this thread, but it seems to have dissolved into a bit of a slanging match. My dd is g and t, and it hasn't caused any particular problems, except that I feel I am not able ever to talk about her in any circumstances with other parents. They drone on and on about their children and how fab they are and how they are doing so well, but if I was to say just one word, I would be showing off. Why can't I talk about my dd as well? She is clever and I am proud of her, so why can't I express that pride? How come others can tell me about their child's dyslexia, or autism, etc and bore me to death with it?

Sorry if it upsets people, but it would be nice to have a group of mums to talk to about my dd.

NotAnOtter · 15/05/2006 21:01

hmmmmm

NotAnOtter · 15/05/2006 21:02

i agree figgy

edam · 15/05/2006 21:02

Cod, agree that kids can be bullied for any reason under the sun (or no reason at all). But parents of kids who are bullied for being bright need to talk about it, just as much as parents whose kids are bullied for having red hair, or wearing glasses, or whatever.

FWIW I was bullied for being bright and it was soul-destroying.

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RTKangaMummy · 15/05/2006 21:02

Figroll

That is the problem isn't it?

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figroll · 15/05/2006 21:03

My poor little bugger is very clever, wears glasses and has a squint - I would say she is lucky to have survived primary school.