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has anyone seen this movie?
by Bill t 6 nc
Nov 5, 2010
I saw it two nights ago and the images I viewed have haunted me ever since....particularly the image of the 13 year old who committed suicide because she got a B on a math test. Some of my current gifted students are super stressed enough to do something like that and it now keeps me up nights.

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Edith On 11/05/10, Bill T 6 nc wrote: > Olet's try that again.... > > No,but I knew someone who did, and so did my brother. But they were in high school. For my brother it was difficult, because he was the last person who saw the kid alive, he was a friend.

Gifted children set high expectections for themselves, and some of them can't ha...See More
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Bill t 6 nc On 11/05/10, Edith wrote: > >> > > Gifted children set high expectections for themselves, > and some of them can't handle the fact that they sometimes > fail to meet them. Usually, these kids are between 16 and 19 years > old. It is more commun in an elitiste education system, like the one > I grew up in. The teachers hav...See More
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Leah I know that, particularly with gifted kids, much of it is > self-induced, but I still believe much of that is relative to > parental and societal expectations. Only yesterday, I had a parent > of one of our highly gifteds go nutso, e mailing my principal, > claiming that I was ignoring and disrespecting her, wouldn't reply > to her e...See More
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Steve On 11/05/10, Bill t 6 nc wrote: > I saw it two nights ago and the images I viewed have > haunted me ever since....particularly the image of the 13 > year old who committed suicide because she got a B on a > math test. Some of my current gifted students are super > stressed enough to do something like that and it now keeps > me up ...See More
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Bill t 6 nc interesting reply, Steve.

You clearly remind me of the reason I so seldom come here anymore. I hope you gained some satisfaction with your petty little swipe at me.

Now let me make some response to what you say.

I have NEVER said there was anything wrong with having high expectations. You see, my problem with this situati...See More
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