Drawback to keeping under the radar

[Black-eyed Suzan]

Edited for privacy. Thank you, everyone!

 

 

 

So how do I go about choosing a DYS nominator?

 

Sigh. I just want an instruction manual, please.

Edited May 4, 2017 by Black-eyed Suzan

[Arcadia]

I used my kids former homeschool science class teacher for DYS application because I know she would not blab to others.

 

My kids have outside foreign language class teachers that can do the humanities teacher recommendations. We don't intend to tell them about DYS because there is no need.

 

For math and science, my oldest will have sat subject test scores and private schools will take those in lieu. My local public high school doesn't need letters of recommendations.

 

ETA:

For DYS nomination, we just need someone to vouch for my kids personality. Not their academic ability so we did not look for the math homeschool teacher who would blab.

 

For camps and high schools letter of recommendations, my kids class performance is adequate. There is no need for teachers to know my kids IQ scores are above 145.

Edited April 29, 2017 by Arcadia

[Arcadia]

My DS12 went to public school down the road for K and 1st. His math computation speed is very fast. They had interclass math quiz in Kindergarten and my oldest was correct and fast. Kids blab to their parents and the other K teacher seek me out during pick up time to "congratulate" me on my kid's math ability. So many parents knew and some were unhappy. My kid became the unhappy parents target. My kid decided to go under the radar and soon the unhappy people forgot. Teachers knew and they realized that some parents were unhappy so they let my kid go under the radar.

 

I have a family friend in the neighborhood and she knows my kids are accelerated and she won't blab. For everyone else in the neighborhood, we just say as little as possible. A few parents want their kids to get into MIT and Harvard, and I don't want my kids to be a target again.

 

The science teacher who filled up my kids DYS application had taught my kids less than 20 weeks at that time but she obliged. She has other kids in her classes that are also DYS but she of course isn't telling me who :) She just said she know about DYS and has done the nomination form before.

Edited April 29, 2017 by Arcadia

[JenneinCA]

I used music teachers for my older kids and then the day camp counselor for my youngest. Youngest hated that day camp. He was bored because he was placed by age and only wanted to talk to the adults. Apparently he was quite memorable because there weren't any problems. (Except I have been unable to convince him to go to any day camp since then. He remembers the experience and has nothing positive to say about it. It was almost six years ago.)

[sunnyday]

Maybe a librarian who's engaged with him about areas of interest?

[Dmmetler]

We used DD's piano teacher. She knew nothing about DYS, but since she had had DD by herself, DD never had reason to blend in with her.

 

I will say that one reason why DD started classes at the CC was that when we did her DA application, we ran into trouble with people to fill out the subject-specific recommendations. Since I hadn't outsourced those areas, the only one who could make any sort of judgement was me, and family members are excluded. They did let me do those forms, and we had outside recommendations for science, etc, but I do wonder if not having those outside teachers who had had her in a classroom situation contributed to her rejection.

[Black-eyed Suzan]

I appreciate your ideas and input, everyone! Lots to think about...