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Is J gifted (and should I give up)?
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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 534520" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>Malika, not every gifted child acts like the ones that MWM described. My easy child was labeled gifted in third grade and was very bright and did well in school without much effort. I wouldn't say, though, that she had a constant thirst for knowledge. She was also very athletic and enjoyed sports much more than academics. She would put in the minimal effort to make an A in every course and be happy with that. </p><p></p><p>I used to ask her why she didn't make more of an effort to make a high A in the course and she would laugh and say and A is an A is an A. </p><p></p><p>I teach high school and my honor's math classes usually have a mixture of gifted students and non-gifted students. Many times the non-gifted students make better grades than the gifted ones because they work harder. I do notice that the concepts come more naturally to the gifted students. They just "see" it.</p><p></p><p>I'm not a big fan of labeling students as gifted. My difficult child was tested every year and she always came close to the cut-off and never made it. I hated that she thought that she wasn't smart because she didn't make it into the gifted program with all of her friends. I tried to explain to her that a couple of IQ points doesn't make any difference in the big scheme of things.</p><p></p><p>Another problem with labeling a child as gifted is that people are gifted in different areas. A child may be gifted in language arts but not math and yet he/she is put into gifted math classes where they struggle. I'm all for looking for a child's strengths and then focusing on those areas instead of a general label of being gifted.</p><p></p><p>Just my two cents.</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 534520, member: 1967"] Malika, not every gifted child acts like the ones that MWM described. My easy child was labeled gifted in third grade and was very bright and did well in school without much effort. I wouldn't say, though, that she had a constant thirst for knowledge. She was also very athletic and enjoyed sports much more than academics. She would put in the minimal effort to make an A in every course and be happy with that. I used to ask her why she didn't make more of an effort to make a high A in the course and she would laugh and say and A is an A is an A. I teach high school and my honor's math classes usually have a mixture of gifted students and non-gifted students. Many times the non-gifted students make better grades than the gifted ones because they work harder. I do notice that the concepts come more naturally to the gifted students. They just "see" it. I'm not a big fan of labeling students as gifted. My difficult child was tested every year and she always came close to the cut-off and never made it. I hated that she thought that she wasn't smart because she didn't make it into the gifted program with all of her friends. I tried to explain to her that a couple of IQ points doesn't make any difference in the big scheme of things. Another problem with labeling a child as gifted is that people are gifted in different areas. A child may be gifted in language arts but not math and yet he/she is put into gifted math classes where they struggle. I'm all for looking for a child's strengths and then focusing on those areas instead of a general label of being gifted. Just my two cents. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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