Re:Mamdani Says He Would Phase Out NYC Gifted Program for Ea...
by borski on Thursday October 02, 2025 @03:56PM
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> I see friends' kids who read at 4 and they absolutely do not need to be stuck in a class with kids who still chew on their toys.
Its worse than that; putting them in that class forces them into a situation where there only options are abject boredom (which kills motivation, drive, creativity) or to act out, because it is at least better than being bored.
Re:Mamdani Says He Would Phase Out NYC Gifted Program for Ea...
by A4ET8a8uTh0_v2 on Friday October 03, 2025 @07:30AM
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Honestly, boredom is the best case scenario. I had a class full of kids, who actively snuffed out any indication that someone might learn something. Some of the motivation was quite literally kicked out of you.
Re:Mamdani Says He Would Phase Out NYC Gifted Program for Ea...
by borski on Friday October 03, 2025 @10:40AM
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Very true. I didn’t mention all the bullying.
Re:Mamdani Says He Would Phase Out NYC Gifted Program for Ea...
by wbl on Thursday October 02, 2025 @03:54PM
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I mean many of the kids who read at that age do chew things still.
Re:Mamdani Says He Would Phase Out NYC Gifted Program for Ea...
by borski on Thursday October 02, 2025 @05:11PM
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True. For me it was my fingernails. :)
Re:Mamdani Says He Would Phase Out NYC Gifted Program for Ea...
by pfannkuchen on Thursday October 02, 2025 @07:41PM
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Though the ones who have been pushed to read as soon as they are physically able to may have also been shamed about chewing on things to the point where they stop doing that early too. Speaking from experience.
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"Having witnessed my own friends, I simply do not believe that people who can juggle exist."
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Gifted kids exist. I see friends' kids who read at 4 and they absolutely do not need to be stuck in a class with kids who still chew on their toys. The fact that you have not seen those does not mean they do not exist.
As a second example, I was able to read before I was 4 and multiply 2-digit numbers before I was 5. Luckily schools did have programs that challenged me. I would have been much less lucky, had I been a kid in Mamdani's NYC...