Top 10 Myths in Gifted Education

RandomPeep4evet Says:

Sep 10, 2011 - i hate it that if everybody thinks of you as "insanely smart", then if you accidentallly mess up on something, everybody starts freaking out... it drives me crazy. nobodys perfect

conniegray Says:

Oct 22, 2011 - Being with an academic peer group would be a great start for all GT kids. Finding a peer group is difficult if not impossible when the parents have limited resources and the public schools see GT kids as a "problem"

SuperSlifka Says:

Nov 1, 2011 - i agree with a lot of this. i'm in an advanced classes but i still get c's sometimes. i dont think its cause im not smart enough. its probably because i am really busy between classes, sports, and band. also i'm glad i got put in an advanced writing class because i dont feel like i have to hold back the way i do when im not in that class. i like the way other students look to me for help because i have the label "smart" on my from being in talented and gifted classes.

arev1977 Says:

Nov 19, 2011 - My son is in a gifted program. I am so thankful such programs exist. He would never be properly challenged in a regular class. He is gifted in math. At the age of 7 he does 5th grade math. He even can do some of the 8th grade curriculum. I think it would be a sin to keep such kids in a regular classroom.

james7167 Says:

Dec 16, 2011 - its a lovely thing when a child is gifted but kids who arent dont get as much attention such a shame

The7481590263 Says:

Dec 20, 2011 - My teacher calls me lazy, but always says to the class how im the top student and how smart i am but he pits to much presser on me

AppleSouffle Says:

Dec 28, 2011 - Kiikasi, how about not caring what other people say? You're intelligent, they're dim wits. One thing about dim wits is they can not imagine things from another person's point of view. So they can't understand you. They just make wild guesses.So you're getting stressed out, trying to fit someone else's idea of you, which is really just a wild guess. That doesn't work.Just be yourself. Even gifted children have great days, okay days and lousy days.

eminemfloop2695 Says:

Jan 4, 2012 - so true. My school has gifted programs for some areas, like in math I'm three years ahead in cal even though I'm a sophomore, and in social studies, where there are ap options available for every grade, and I have the highest grades in THOSE classes. However, in my honors English 10 class, where I find the material boring and repetitive to what we learn EVERY year in english, I tend not to pay attention and have my lowest grade in that class! There are no higher english classes for my grade!

galaxyconquest Says:

Mar 7, 2012 - 2: 30- i agree with this statement. generally i find that i'm more knowlegdable in certain subjects than my purported teachers. i understood 'Quadratic Equations' in middle school and started reading philosphy before I started attending grade 7. By the time I was in grade 8, i could converse fluently with university students about the works of numerous philosophers including Immanuel Kant and Renee Descartes. Usually, I don't care about this issue cuz i can callenge myself with adversity always.

AnimeMoviePro Says:

Mar 17, 2012 - What you just illustrated in your comment is definitely true or at least has some versimilitude. I frequently receive dirty looks and gasps from my peers who express shock and horror over one mistake that I make. It is terribly aggravating when I, purportedly, am incapable of being erroneous. I am irrevocably flawed just as my fellow counterparts are.

Dynamisoflife Says:

Mar 24, 2012 - Oh god, please spare me your ego-boosting bullshit. Here is what you said in prose: 'What you say is, partially perhaps, true. I get dirty looks and gasps from my peers when I make a mistake, as they do not realize that nobody is perfect. Not even me.'

Dynamisoflife Says:

Mar 24, 2012 - First off, most honor-track students take Algebra 1 in the 8th grade. Ergo, quadratic equations are not impressive at all. Second, 'purported' means that something was falsely professed. In the case of your teacher, they are under law your teacher though in principle they are not. You should consider the meaning of your words carefully so that whomever is reading your comment will not misconstrue. Third, reading Kant and Descartes is not intellectually taxing in this day and age. If you...

Dynamisoflife Says:

Mar 24, 2012 - had started reading Foucault, Lyotard, Nietzsche, Baudrillard, or one of the other giants of post-modernism at such an early age and understood it, then someone would be impressed. Nonetheless, I applaud you for caring about philosophy. But if you think you understand philosophy at such an early age, then I highly suggest you reexamine what you think you know.

AnimeMoviePro Says:

Mar 25, 2012 - Please do not dumb down my perfectly well written comments. I know that most individuals struggle to comprehend sophisticated vocabulary and grammatically well-constructed sentences but that is no excuse.

Dynamisoflife Says:

Mar 25, 2012 - Honestly, I just sensed you were putting on a façade. If you think in such terms, then I applaud you. But if you do not, then I ask you to please consider why someone would use highbrow words. I posit that intelligent people do such a thing, because they see it as fitting for their condition. But I present you with this: a thesaurus can help you find better words, but nothing can help you write with elegance. I ask you to consider if writing elegant prose is more fitting for intelligent people.

AnimeMoviePro Says:

Mar 25, 2012 - Are you seriously suggesting that I used a thesaurus? Please, I do not have the time or energy to waste in looking in a book for more sophisticated words. I am naturally an eloquent writer. I will not indulge in your arrogance. You cannot reasonably infer that writing in prose using simplistic monosyllabic lexis is seriously comparable to my original, beautifully written comment. I think in complicated ways but I will not posit intelligence from such matters. Also, you cannot judge me rightly.

Dynamisoflife Says:

Mar 25, 2012 - Sir, I have no pride. As it follows, I am able to admit when I am in the wrong. And as shown, I am in the wrong. Your writing is, indeed, naturally eloquent, as one can infer from the swiftness of your response. Further, I can clearly tell that you are not masturbating your intellect from writing as you are. Why? A gut-feeling, I suppose. In addition, I give my apologies for thinking you disingenuous.

Dynamisoflife Says:

Mar 25, 2012 - Honestly, my qualm with you is that your ideal for literary elegance and eloquence and my own are in a state of conflict. On your side you use the likes of concise multisyllabic lexicon, whereas we use simple terms and layman language so that everyone can understand what is being said. I think that your side is using needlessly complicated language, and that everyone should write in the simplest of terms. But I suppose I do not give people enough credit as they can probably read your comment.

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Rudy Fug Says:

Apr 23, 2012 - #1 appplies to me a lot. I didn't pay attention in the begining of the school year cuz I knew the stuff. Now I have no clue what is happening and I'm getting Cs! I used to be a straight A student. I'm scared of next year because i refuse to repeat a grade/course or go to tutoring. The thought makes me feel stupid. I learn quickly so if someone sat down with me and went over it, I bet i could learn the entire year's couse in an afternoon. Math used to be fun and challenging now its frustrating :(

MalcolmPidsosny Says:

May 17, 2012 - As a challenge student I am annoyed with people insulting me and saying I'm mentally challenged.

mcammontoya Says:

May 18, 2012 - These are so true.

conman2317 Says:

May 26, 2012 - There is not such thing as smart or dumb, there is only "us". People fail to understand this, labeling one another as better or worse when we are all in the same situation.