Academic acceleration in gifted youth: a 35-year longitudinal study

Re:Academic acceleration in gifted youth: a 35-year longitud... by dang on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @01:51AM (#23756111)

I hear you. That's why I added the grass-is-greener skepticism. It may just be that it sucks either way—or that we simply needed different things. It's important not to overgeneralize from personal experiences with this stuff.

When I look back on it, I think what I needed most was for some teacher, mentor, or older/wiser person to spend time with me. That's what would have made the biggest difference. But I was completely isolated.

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Re:Academic acceleration in gifted youth: a 35-year longitud... by Xelbair on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @04:03AM (#23756798)

Then maybe instead of accelerating children down the same horrible route.. we could create separate tracks?

I know that 'negative' (special needs) tracks are basically a disaster, but maybe positive (group gifted children together) one would work?

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