Posts by Juvysen

I could see censoring adult books.  I'm not really sure I'd want my kids reading Stephen king or something, either... So far she just sticks to kid books though, so I haven't bothered with any of it.

Quote: Originally Posted by pek64  A couple more questions. In your opinion...... Are gifted people faster when doing things (walking, talking, etc)? Are gifted people able to draw conclusions better? No?...

interestingly, the problem was that I didn't feel that I needed to, but apparently other people couldn't keep up?  :-/  This is where the puzzlement comes in for me.  I don't know... am I supposed to "dumb it down" or am...

I'm with her... I read the first couple chapters of twilight and was bored to tears, so I ditched it.  LOL

Mine are pretty sensitive... I don't think it's from the amount of exposure, either, though.  Sorry if it came off like I did.  Actually my friend and I have had a number of conversations on how sensitive our kids are - and...

I think it may have been my terminology.  To be fair I said I wasn't "dumbing it down"  But still.  Sorry about that, folks.  I agree (as I said previously) that it's not an accurate term.

A friend of mine previews everything her nearly 8 yr old, gifted daughter reads.  I don't preview or restrict my 6 1/2 yr old daughter's reading at all... my daughter has read stuff her daughter hasn't yet.  Interestingly, DD...

Ah.  Yeah, the school district we're in now is in the top 1000 high schools in the country.  Many doctors and lawyers and college professors living here.  It may be a similar deal, I'm not sure.  I'm homeschooling...

Quote: Originally Posted by beanma  I recently went to my niece's high school graduation and she was one of 40+ valedictorians (all had 4.0 or better GPAs) which seems to speak to good grades, at least, not being a...

Quote: Originally Posted by pek64  Are the more common words really less precise? Well, I'd say precise is a word that will sometimes get you looks in certain circles.  So imagine you replace it with "good" or...