Comments on: gifted and talented http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2007/04/13/gifted-and-talented/ The life and education of two growing beans - our 10th year of blogging Tue, 25 Mar 2025 09:18:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.34 By: Alison http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2007/04/13/gifted-and-talented/#comment-4089 Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:15:06 +0000 http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2007/04/13/gifted-and-talented/#comment-4089 “And isn?t it sooooo meaningless in the HE world of individualised education!” Absolutely Helen :)

]]> By: Jan http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2007/04/13/gifted-and-talented/#comment-4088 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 19:48:52 +0000 http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2007/04/13/gifted-and-talented/#comment-4088 The first time I went to a HE camp I observed that a lot of the children seemed special and unusual in a wide variety of good ways. Then it dawned on me that children are supposed to be special and unusual, it’s squeezing them into a mould that makes them seem ‘normal’.

]]> By: t-bird http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2007/04/13/gifted-and-talented/#comment-4087 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 09:54:25 +0000 http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2007/04/13/gifted-and-talented/#comment-4087 well OBVIOUSLY all home educated children ARE gifted and talented (but we already knew that didn’t we!)

]]> By: Chris http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2007/04/13/gifted-and-talented/#comment-4086 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 08:16:54 +0000 http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2007/04/13/gifted-and-talented/#comment-4086 i’m just chuckling, H has been chuntering/ranting about this a lot lately :-)

]]> By: Tim http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2007/04/13/gifted-and-talented/#comment-4085 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 01:12:31 +0000 http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2007/04/13/gifted-and-talented/#comment-4085 The one which really bugs me is the brainlessness of the suggestion that only some children have Special Educational Needs.

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