<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000066">Thanks, Anne</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Gifted and Talented in Ohio Discussion List <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ohiogift@lists.osu.edu" target="_blank">ohiogift@lists.osu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=""><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000066">Anne-- </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000066"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000066">I really want to support other gifted children beside my own, but am finding this difficult as I am out of work and displaced.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000066"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000066">Duress is putting it mildly.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000066"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000066">I have written letters to groups, representatives, etc. with regard to the plight of the gifted.  Our system is broken ... nothing seems to matter unless you have a name (money) and respect (also based on money).</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000066"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000066">Kathleen Thurston</div></div></span><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="">On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 4:54 PM, Gifted and Talented in Ohio Discussion List <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ohiogift@lists.osu.edu" target="_blank">ohiogift@lists.osu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=""><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px">Another thing you can try in any district is to Google "gifted" and the person's name to see if the person has any history of support for gifted children.<br><br>Anne Flick<br><div style="font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px"><div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div><br></div> </div> </div>  </div></div><br></span><span class="">_______________________________________________<br>
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