Is there a place for average students?

I got an interesting email from a mom seeking some help. She mentions a program many of you have asked before: What do our schools do to help average students?

Here is her note:

“My daughter is a great student, caring, well-rounded and smart. However she is just an average student getting A’s and B’s but has to work to those grades … Most of her friends are gifted/high achievers and she feels left out since she is unable to take classes with them. I have tried to reassure her that she is an unique young lady, but she still feels out of place because her friends are in the gifted program … I feel that if you are an average student schools have no place for you. I wonder if other parents feel that way, too? Should I be doing more to help her get into the gifted program?”

Tags: high achievers,gifted program,young lady,email,mom,parents

Thursday, October 23, 2008 |

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