[Oz-gifted] FYI home ed interview

[Ellen Hrebeniuk]

At 4:09 AM +0000 10/7/07, Rose Churches wrote:
>    What did people think of last night's TV show?
>
>    I've had some negative comments from colleagues re the children's
>    precocity. Many people can't understand that it's OK to be different
>    from age peers AND to have some confidence.

I thought they did well to get the range of children that they did at 
that level.  The lively chess-enthusiast Peter, Michael the little 
professor, the troubled Dante, and -- for us to love to hate -- the 
Ghastly-Hyphens!  Or whatever their name was.

Unfortunaltey, I think the programmme itself was quite lightweight. 
Why were we supposed to be interested in their exact IQ scores 
anyway?  It's not Britain's-Got-IQs.  I would have been interested to 
hear more of what the parents had to say.  When did they realise 
their child was different?  When did they realise he/she was Really 
Different?  What educational choices did they make, and why?  What's 
enjoyable and what's  difficult about having such bright children? 
Not that it wasn't good to hear from the children.
-- 
Ellen Hrebeniuk
Sydney, Australia

Being a librarian is how you change the world.
Nancy Pearl