Girl 15 gets associates degree

Merely because something is true does not necessarily mean that that something is a good development.

 

I'm sure you were being a bit sarcastic with the above comment, but I'll reply anyway...

Just because there has been an uptick of unmarried childbirths, does not mean that the fathers are not around. Of course, this does occur in a certain percentage of cases, but it is by no means an across the board situation.

 

Sorry guys, I forgot the sarcastic smileys.

Yes I was being facetious with my post.

 

What annoys me about contemporary American culture is the way in which the ideology of a bunch of smelly hippies from the Sixties and Seventies has become the cultural norm. I hate to say it, but we've been slouching toward Gomorrah for a long time.

 

I'm kinda' laughing and, sadly, kinda' not.

 

A Mom: "I wish there was more documentation or case studies of 'then' and 'now."

John: There has been quite a lot, starting with Leta Hollingsworth's "Children Above 180 IQ" -- a long-term study of a group of highly gifted children, as they grew to adulthood. Terman's very large long-term study of a large group of highly gifted children led to many books and papers. Many of the long-term studies are summarized in Subotnik's "Beyond Terman: Contemporary Longitudinal Studies of Giftedness and Talent."

In the 1940s, Hunter College in New York established an experimental elementary school for "gifted children" (ones who did well on certain tests at the age of three). Each class of 30 was together for eight years. The first reunion was held 39 years later, and 26 of the 30 came. All of these 50-year-olds had done well. One was a famous best-selling novelist. One was one of very few people who have won an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy, and a Tony. One was one of the richest commercial real estate developers in New York. A dozen medical doctors and attorneys. A guy who writes books on distance education. That sort of thing.

 

Guess I should have been a little more specific. I know there are some longitudinal studies, but I don't know if there's any specific to gifted kids starting college early.

The most important thing with the 50 y/o's is that they're happy and don't have many regrets. =P

I wonder if Davidsons modeled their school after the one Hunter College started? It's for middle and high school students and also connected with a college where many of them can take classes.

I am so not qualified to talk on this topic!

 

John, I have to ask...was that you?

 

Ya think?

 

Was that you, John?

 

Here's a post by me, from this forum, dated 2/28/02:

I am John writes to me, "You and I also share another coincidence, fellow alumnus."

[John Bear replies:] Berkeley? Michigan State? Hunter College Elementary School? Emerson Junior High? Sirius Puppy Training School?

 

Sounds like an interesting elementary experience. Our son's gifted educational experience (in public schools) has been spotty. It takes a lot of parental involvment - at least in our home district. We keep having to fight off the mentality that gifted kids should be "mainstreamed" because, after all, it's unfair to treat some kids "differently". His current HS (in a different district) experience is better and is very challenging.