[Oz-gifted] Encouraging active participation

[Keith McGuinness]

Ellen Hrebeniuk wrote:
> Again, I may be quite wrong here, but my impression is that the 
> average teacher loves to teach.  It must be disconcerting to be faced 
> with children who don't need to be taught!  Teachers are spending 
> their time getting average kids off the ground, but our children just 
> need their trim adjusted.  Thats a big difference.

I don't think that the "difference" is true.

Our kids may be brighter than average but most still need to be 
taught. It is the level of material, speed of learning and, 
perhaps, style of teaching that differ.

Intelligence doesn't equal experience.

Plus, learning by yourself can send you down a lot of blind 
alleys; good teaching can short-cut some of that.

A comment; not an attempt to start an argument. 8-)

Keith McGuinness