Hi Ladies,

This is also my first time posting a comment in the forum. My 2 sons are Mensa members, not me. My elder boy is in P4 GEP and younger one is P1 this year. After reading the posts, I feel that I should share my experience I had with my 2 boys in schools.

My elder boy had the day dreaming habit since P1 and we were not aware until this year when his GEP teachers feedback to us and I talked to his P1 teacher who happened to be my younger son’s teacher. Because no one has intervene and stopped his day dreaming in class, it became part of him and now we are finding it hard to get him change this habit. GEP emphasise on the process of learning, more than the academic result, although you still have to score about 70% for all GEP subjects to pass. Because of his day dreaming, he did not take down notes, did not hand in assignment on time, so these are all considered bad learning attitude that the GEP teachers cannot tolerate.

My younger boy also has bad habit of talking while teacher is teaching. He also finishes his work very fast in class and his teacher has assigned him to teach other children to prevent him from talking or practising Wushu in class (he is so bore that he started to practise his Wushu moves in class). We are actively working with the teachers to correct his habit of talking in class.

We did not hide the test result from school. The teachers are aware of their ability. So my elder boy’s teachers often make him do more challenging work such as essay writing, Maths. He even attempted P4 maths final exam paper when he was in P1. The teachers also allow them to read after they have finished the work. I guess no harm in letting the teachers know as long as we work with them and not letting them setting high expectation on the child. I told the teachers that I am more worry about their learning attitude than their ability to learn.