bobfromsf

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   by bobfromsf 2y ago

   This isn’t about it being a rush. For kids like mine, they NEED it. My son wanted to learn calculus when he was 9 but I refused and instead sent him to outdoor summer camps, sports camps etc. He still doesn’t know calculus because I told hi
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   by bobfromsf 2y ago

   Thank you for your story. It’s something I’m hoping to avoid for my son and I’m glad you were able to find a path theiugh programming. Interestingly my son isn’t very interested in programming but he loves math. He goes to a gifted school w
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   by bobfromsf 2y ago

   This is not true based on research done on kids who were accelerated as far as they needed to. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.4219/jeg-2006-247
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   by bobfromsf 2y ago

   There was a study done in Australia that showed that radical acceleration for gifted kids resulted in the highest overall satisfaction in life. It sounds like you probably needed further acceleration.
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   by bobfromsf 2y ago

   As a father with a son with IQ over 160, I can tell you unequivocally that California thinks gifted kids are the enemy. Gifted children, especially profoundly gifted kids like mine are special needs. He can’t function in a regular class bec