[Ohiogift] Gifted Schooling

[Edward A. Hawks III]

If we are to have genius,

we must put up with the inconvenience of genius, (aka . appropriate services
to meet their intellectual, social, and emotional needs)

a thing the world will never do.

It wants geniuses, but

would like them to be

just like other people. (aka . sitting in regular ed. classrooms bored,
underachieving with no differentiation)

 

-George Moore

 

Edward A. Hawks, III, M.Ed.

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Gifted Intervention Specialist / Exceptional Student Education

Kent City School District

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"Storytellers broaden our minds: engage, provoke, inspire, and

ultimately, connect us." -Robert Redford, President & Founder,

Sundance Institute

 

 

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Subject: [Ohiogift] Gifted Schooling

 

The more I check in, the more inclined I am to think that an idea my sister
and I discussed in the past is worth resurrecting:  that of starting a
school for gifted children. It is daunting one, but the more I ponder it,
the more it seems a viable alternative to grappling with the system already
in place, and the politics that go with it.

 

My experience of the gifted education available locally is that much is
costly, or just non-existent. My son's school mailed his report card home.
It's riddled with "F"s... and while I'll assume some responsibility, He and
the school can shoulder the rest. On a larger scale, society should as well.
It seems most people appreciate the inventions and innovations gifted minds
bring to being, but like art, while it's appreciated, precious few actually
want to help fund it; this is an unfortunate state of affairs.

 

Katie T.

 

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