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> I'd argue that we should be doing a lot less for the gifted. They'll turn out fine with guidance and resources. There is a common perception that gifted stud
by nmrm2 11y ago
> I'd argue that we should be doing a lot less for the gifted. They'll turn out fine with guidance and resources.
There is a common perception that gifted students are "like other students, but smarter and better at school stuff".
This is a flawed perception; it's not at all uncommon for gifted students to do very poorly in school, and not just for social reasons.
Instead of thinking of "gifted" as "better", you should think of gifted as "special".
(FWIW, I agree with your criticism of your parent post and upvoted you -- gifted students aren't more important than any other student.)
- acjohnson55 11y agoI 100% agree with you. I taught high school in Baltimore's public schools. Some of my brightest kids were some of my worst performing, most challenging students to deal with. I honestly believe some of them underperformed because they could perceive what a sham the system was. But in my original comment, I was using "gifted" in the more traditional sense of "high performing" or "high testing", which doesn't necessarily correspond with brilliance. A big criticism I have of the gifted track is that it misses out on a lot of students who are capable of doing accelerated work.