“He’s smart, but he just needs to apply himself.” Just Wondering Out Loud
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
“Susie is not applying herself in class” “If he applied himself, his work would improve” “He needs to work harder and apply himself” What does…
“Susie is not applying herself in class” “If he applied himself, his work would improve” “He needs to work harder and apply himself” What does…
My son is gifted. She’s gifted. All three of my children are gifted. You just can’t say this to anyone, you know! These are loaded declarations that you…
When I say that myths and misunderstandings about giftedness abound in our school systems, I know this fact first-hand–there are schools, administrators and teachers who really don’t understand giftedness at all. Of course, this is not true of all teachers, but it is true of many who received little to no information about giftedness in their college education curriculum.
Traditional School is a Hostile Learning Environment for Gifted Visual-Spatial Learners Just as gifted individuals often discover that their giftedness feels like both a gift and a curse, those…