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Wyvante wrote:

Interesting. I was also in the so called "slow classes" because I basically couldn't see anything properly and I had a lot of trouble with spatial reasoning, even something as basic as putting the correct shape into it's corresponding box. Then, lo and behold they tested me to see how "dumb" I really was (this was the school admin, btw. I was doing independent projects in all my classes because the work was too easy, esp. the reading classes. My teachers who bothered to take the time to get to know the girl who cowered in the back and said nothing realized that I was an intelligent kid. anyway, I digress...) So, yea, they tested me and when I scored in the 98 percentile it kinda knocked them for a loop. Heh, they whisked me away and gave me a promotion. lol, dopes. Of course, this was back in the mid to late 70's. But from what you write, Wyvante, it doesn't seem schools have fully addressed the needs of the kids who are bright, but have a different learning style from the "norm" whatever the heck that really means. Normal or average is just another label.