In a positive way, I wanted to address the need for all educators to understand and recognize the traits and needs of our gifted children. I used the web-based presentation…
We meet people, we interact with them for a short while, and soon we characterize them and place them into one of the people and personality categories we…
Trash it. Banish it. Kick it to the curb. It’s a new year, and the time has come to dispel the myths and misunderstandings that perpetuate that stereotype…
If there is just one thing I wish every person who does not understand giftedness, and yes, I did say every, could understand is that giftedness often comes packaged…
“But I am sure the Naval Research Laboratory has a gift shop that sells scanning tunneling microscopes so I can create my own quantum dots with identical, deterministic…
The physical and mental filter through which outside stimuli enters the mind and body of a gifted person seems to be equipped with an automatic 100X Increase Sensory…
“Emotional intensity in the gifted is not a matter of feeling more than other people, but a different way of experiencing the world: vivid, absorbing, penetrating, encompassing,…
From the post: A Gifted Child Checklist for Teachers In my blog post, A Gifted Child Checklist for Teachers, I listed ten basic characteristics and traits of gifted children–really nine…
My Gifted Child: “Mom, did you use unsalted butter on my bread? You know I don’t like unsalted butter; it just tastes so flat and lends no flavor…
Gifted children have an unusual cross to bear; most of society sees giftedness as–well, as a gift, but gifted children most often see it is a curse. Like…
Crushing Tall Poppies
