Children can lose their talents when they go to high school 4
Through the test, the girl was recognized as a talented child.
`After first grade, Eva became quiet and stopped communicating with everyone around her except her family. My husband and I and the school teachers didn’t know why or what to do with her,` the mother recalled.
Every day going to school with Eva is like torture.
Anna said her family didn’t think skipping grades was the right choice, but it brought joy to their daughter.
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Similar to Anna’s case, Lenny (in Darwin city, Northern Australia) is raising two talented children, Peter (11 years old) and Eva (9 years old).
`The children felt bored, couldn’t set goals, didn’t care about class, especially Peter, he found every reason to stay at home,` Lenin recalled and said to urge his children to come to school.
After the family and the school sat down to find a solution, Peter and Eva were allowed to skip three grades.
`Currently, Peter attends a math camp at the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth in the US, and Eva attends a math camp in Boston, England. This consumes a lot of family time and money,`
The story of Anna and Lenny’s family is a common experience of talented children being placed in general education classes that are not suitable for their level of thinking development.
Andrew Martin, professor of educational psychology at the University of New South Wales (Australia) commented: `Talented children struggle in the education system, where they feel tired because their self-worth is too tightly linked.
In a general education environment, students must try to study all subjects evenly or at least not score too low.
However, Professor Andrew also assessed that overstudying can cause talented children to limit the development of skills and discipline they need.
In addition, age can be a wall separating talented children from other classmates.
