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Jason’s teacher is on my last nerves. She tells me he is having problems, but has yet (in 12 weeks) given me one solution that she is going to try. She has suggested some, but never implemented them. It is all issues within the classroom, so there is nothing I can do about it at home really other than punish him or reward him for what he is doing in the classroom. I have had enough. I am considering moving him out of the public school system entirely, the TAAS test in Texas is insanely stupid (and Duhhhbya thinks it should be implemented across the country… but we all hate it here!) and it is not required at the private schools. So I did a quick bit of research on gifted kids (which is what Jason is) and so forth. His current school is “Open Concept”. There are no walls between the rooms & no doors. Hmmm. This is not good for a “gifted” child like Jason, as he is too easily distracted. And get this – they don’t have desks! They sit at tables. With a “community cup” of supplies. That’s no fun. It doesn’t teach much responsibility either. Anyways… I wanted to save my links so I could return after the Scout meeting at 7:00. Here they are:

+ Choosing a school – good list of questions to ask the school. Good point in “finding the ideal environment” for your child. Open concept is NOT it for Jason. Never has been.
+ Dealing with Problems at School – yep, that’s where we are at right now. The teacher is lucky I haven’t shown up on her doorstep SCREAMING. Deep breaths, deep breaths. Ummmmmmm (my yoga sound).
+ Gifted Resource Library lots of other information, great stuff!
+ A Gifted Child Center for Evaluation and Psychotherapy – felt like I was reading about me here as much as I was reading about Jason! (I was a “gifted” student too. And a pain in the ass for the teachers, just like Jason can be.)
+ Kinderstart Gifted Child Links – links to many other sites!
+ Helping Your Highly Gifted Child – good reading material for me.
+ The National Foundation for Gifted and Creative Children – more good information. “Many gifted children are being falsely labeled with ADD as well as ADHD.” I think Jason’s teacher is convinced he is ADD and not gifted… and she is wrong in so many ways, but I’ll go into that later.

Characteristics of Gifted Children (from the the NFGCC) – click the “More” link…

EnronX.org. Yes, it has been an interesting week in Houston, that’s for sure. Look, they are having a “Pink Slip” party! I could slip in and find the geek, er, man of my dreams and with all the people laid off it would be easy to convince people that I had worked there! Of course the truth would come out later … might not be such a good idea after all. I think it’s ironic that they will have a Job Fair at Enron Field on Dec. 14th. Is it just me, or is that … just … wrong?

Yes, KPMG. I will link to you too! And it will never end. “And so on, and so on, and so on…” Whatcha gonna do about it, you big bully?

Side note: Since I first saw this, it looks like KPMG may have taken their Flash intro down. Or is it just not displaying because this is my second visit? Hmm. Well, it’s extra funny if they pulled!

Here I am trying to figure out how to cut down on my long list of links and stuff, and what do I do? Join the MT Blog Webring. Yeah, well, who ever said I had to make sense. (Thanks to Jay for reminding me. Don’t remember where I saw it earlier.)

Frequent Questions Answered has wonderful little bits of information and links to informative sites. Quite cool! (Thanks to Meryl for sending me that on ICQ!)