[Ohiogift] Author-columnist Marilyn vos Savant on gifted children

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With a last name like hers (vos Savant), you'd think she ought to know
better.

Feel sorry for smart kids?  A better idea is to support and advocate for
them.  It is painful to see a brilliant mind go to waste.

On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 4:07 PM, Gifted and Talented in Ohio Discussion List
<ohiogift at lists.osu.edu> wrote:

>  Friends:
>
> Nationally syndicated columnist Marilyn vos Savant, writing in today's *Parade
> *magazine, the Sunday newspaper supplement, wrote some disturbing
> comments about gifted children and their service. You can read her comments
> here:
>
> http://parade.condenast.com/350739/marilynvossavant/do-gifted-children-need-special-support-plus-a-dandy-logic-puzzle/
>
> The gist of her comments: "*... people advocating for gifted children
> would be wiser to focus on how society would greatly benefit from taking
> better advantage of their strengths and not to suggest that we should feel
> sorry for smart kids. Needy and disadvantaged, they’re not.*"
>
> I'm (somewhat) surprised that someone of her purported intelligence would
> harbor such occluded thoughts. She's described as one of the world's
> smartest people (Guinness says she was the No. 1 brainiac), and is married
> to Robert Jarvik, the inventor of the artificial heart named after him.
> More on her is here:
> http://marilynvossavant.com/about-marilyn/
>
> Perhaps she needs to be brought up to speed for her misinformed stance on
> gifted children.
>
> Best wishes,
> Art Snyder
> artsnyder44 at cs.com
>
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