I saw the previews. I read the rhapsodic reviews. So this weekend I took myself and M. down to the theater to see Where the Wild Things Are, waiting to be wowed. We weren’t. In fact, we hated it. Shoot me. The weather had been miserable for days, that perfectly, bone chillingly, miserable mix of [...]
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Where the Wild Things Weren’t
Posted in Home Life, tagged jonze, movies, sendak, where the wild things are on October 19, 2009 | 7 Comments »
All Gifted, All the Time
Posted in Gifted, In the News, tagged education, elementary, exceptionally gifted, feynman, feynman school, Gifted, highly gifted, maryland, montgomery county, preschool, private school, profoundly gifted on October 19, 2009 | 6 Comments »
The New York Times reports that there’s a new player on the New York City school scene, and for the preschoolers and early elementary students who enroll, it’s all gifted all the time. In a city where the public school gifted programs have long provided an enviable free education, and there are many expensive private [...]
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