OT I Didn't Know Where Else To Put This. What Are Honors Classes Like In English For 8th Grade?

[LeahofthePack]

Did you read Night by Elie Weizel (spelling?) great book no matter what.
I'm my 8th grade honors English we read, Tex and other books by S.E. Hinton, she is an Oklahoma author so we had to read the home town books. I don't remember the others.

Yes that was it! Such a great book.

 

[Kaylee_Kitty_Kat_75_]

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leafs a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.


The only poem that I ever have been able to say completely by memory.

I love that poem. Calmed me somehow. Haven't seen where it was from so my thoughts are only on the poem itself.

 

[Twinklestars]

I love that poem. Calmed me somehow. Haven't seen where it was from so my thoughts are only on the poem itself.

It is by Robert Frost and was featured in "The Outsiders".

 

[MaineStar234]

No, I went to public school from k-12. They started to tweak with the name a little bit when I was enrolled--started as "GT Math/GT Verbal" or "Gifted"--and then they "oh but *every* child is gifted in some way" sentiment started creeping in, and I think it's just called "GATES" now. (Which means the same thing, except the "gifted" part is concealed.)

In high school, most core classes came in levels 2, 3, 4. (Except freshmen courses, which only came in 3 and 4.) "Level 4" is the equivalent of honors, but the school didn't formally refer to it as such. (Because feelingz and parents with teh sadz.) "Level 3" is what most normal districts call "College Prep." Ironically, due to the lack of level 2 options freshman year, the level 4 classes were PACKED with people who shouldn't have been there, but didn't want to be thrown in with people who shouldn't have been in level 3 either.

We had a lot of APs as well starting from sophomore year, but Maine didn't really do dual enrollment. This may have changed, as I am old.

When I was in 5th grade they decided to change the name of our gifted and talented program to "Pioneers." My best friend and I still joke about how we went pioneer class. Funny thing is we weren't even friends then, we didn't even talk to each other. We became friends the next year even though we spent most of the pioneers class working on projects together. When we moved on to 6th grade and a new school it definitely wasn't called gifted and talented or pioneers. I don't remember the actual name, just that we still called it GT.

ETA: I don't believe Marshwood does dual-enrollment, but I graduated a few years ago. Also we have CP, Honors, and AP classes that's so interesting to me that you guys used levels instead.

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[gofriars610]

When I was in 5th grade they decided to change the name of our gifted and talented program to "Pioneers." My best friend and I still joke about how we went pioneer class. Funny thing is we weren't even friends then, we didn't even talk to each other. We became friends the next year even though we spent most of the pioneers class working on projects together. When we moved on to 6th grade and a new school it definitely wasn't called gifted and talented or pioneers. I don't remember the actual name, just that we still called it GT.

ETA: I don't believe Marshwood does dual-enrollment, but I graduated a few years ago. Also we have CP, Honors, and AP classes that's so interesting to me that you guys used levels instead.

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Scarbage (which I am *so* upset I discovered my town's nickname post-grad) doesn't do letter grades either. You get a number from zero to 100 on your report card.

and LOL at Pioneers. Were you setting off to go explore uncharted areas of knowledge?

Kids aren't stupid, they know what things mean.

ETA the SmackHighME twitter account is legit one of the funniest things I've ever read.

 

[Kaylee_Kitty_Kat_75_]

It is by Robert Frost and was featured in "The Outsiders".

Ok
Thanks

 

[Deleted member 41136]

This is NOT how placement in gifted education is determined in ANY reputable school system. I was a gifted Ed kid, and CP is a gifted Ed kid. You don't just "get placed" in gifted because you make good grades. It is based on IQ testing combined with specific behavioral analysis to determine whether the child expresses personality and behavioral traits of a gifted child in ANY area. You don't have to be good at everything to be gifted.


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I'd shimmy this a thousand times if I could. I have had so many teachers pull the "You're failing my class, but you're in the gifted program?" card. It is so annoying.

 

[Kaylee_Kitty_Kat_75_]

I'd shimmy this a thousand times if I could. I have had so many teachers pull the "You're failing my class, but you're in the gifted program?" card. It is so annoying.

Right? I hated that one class kept me from gifted program. And apparently that wasn't right!

 

[Deleted member 41136]

Right? I hated that one class kept me from gifted program. And apparently that wasn't right!

One subject can't keep you out of the program. I mean it can, but it shouldn't. Even Einstein had his flaws.

 

[purplecheer]

One subject can't keep you out of the program. I mean it can, but it shouldn't. Even Einstein had his flaws.

Wasn't Einstein a horrible speller or something?

 

[SL&AM]

Wasn't Einstein a horrible speller or something?

Among several other deficiencies, especially by way of hygiene.

 

[purplecheer]

Among several other deficiencies, especially by way of hygiene.

But we just remember people for all the major things they've done, which in his case is good. He discovered so many important things! I wouldn't be a good scientist because I wouldn't be patient enough or "think outside the square" as such.

 

[randomactsofcheer]

Wasn't Einstein a horrible speller or something?

He didn't start talking until he was almost four years old. There has been speculation that he may have been on the autism spectrum. Many highly intelligent people are not placed into advanced or gifted programs. It doesn't mean that they are failures or that there is something wrong with them. It just isn't for everyone.

CP was tested for GATE at the end of last school year. She was in the top 5%, but the GATE committee decided not to admit her and reevaluate their decision at a later time. Their decision was based on my interview. CP has some medical problems and I don't think she will do well in a GATE environment right now.

 

[omgitssydthekid]

I'd shimmy this a thousand times if I could. I have had so many teachers pull the "You're failing my class, but you're in the gifted program?" card. It is so annoying.

Yeah I got dropped from honors math after 8th grade because I didn't have a 85% average between the two semesters. I had an 83% average so I had to retake algebra 1 and geometry my freshman year and sophomore year (respectively) even though I had already taken and passed them.


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[gofriars610]

CP was tested for GATE at the end of last school year. She was in the top 5%, but the GATE committee decided not to admit her and reevaluate their decision at a later time. Their decision was based on my interview. CP has some medical problems and I don't think she will do well in a GATE environment right now.

That is WAY more intense than how my school was. It was take a test, do well, oh hey welcome.