How do i know if a DC is G & T?

[aristoBLACKcat]

Please help, how can you tell if a child is Gifted & Talented?

Silly question, i know.

[shellye]

Does it matter if a child is G&T? I don't get it. I have a five year old in year 1 at a private school. There are some parents who consistently push and force their kids into everything. They are asking for extra work and challenging the teachers about how there little darlings are taught.I would say most of these kids come from homes where their parents are degree educated. Most of these kids seem bright to me. Why do we need to label them? What real difference is it going to make to their futures? The label is for the parents only, so they can puff their chests out and boast to the other parents.

I have a bright child. At parents evening I was told my DD was the happiest in the class. I puffed my chest out. At 5 I couldn't give a monkey's about anything else. Parents should take a chill pill, these kids are in education for a long time. They don't need the pressure of how to be the best all the time. It will keep the therapists very busy in the future. Rant over with.

[billynomatesmum]

Your school usually inform you in a letter, like the one we've just had about ds.

Ds is bright, he's not G or T and this lable won't help him fit in any better in the playground, particularly if other children were to be influenced by any possible parental scorn/jealousy about the lable.

I will be ignoring the letter and hoping to god it isn't common knowledge, just in case.

[billynomatesmum]

Apologies for the spelling error. LABEL, LABEL, LABEL