[Ohiogift] "20 reasons it's horrible to grow up 'gifted'"

[Charlie Toland]

Art,

Your criticizing the author here, but all he has done is choose twenty
quotes from former gifted students. All of these quotes should sound very
familiar to anyone working with gifted kids. The pain and the damage from
the "gifted" label are real.  While all of these quotes address getting
labelled as "gifted," many of them discuss issues with parents, and none
complain about gifted programs in particular.

This isn't the first time that an education professional on this list has
complained about negative comments from students.

While students are subject to massive amounts of testing (even though there
is little concept of validating results in advance) little thought given to
actually listening to what students have to say, let alone seeking out
their opinions in a systematic way (with a few exceptions such as teacher
evaluations at the university level.)

Thanks,
Charlie Toland









On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 4:27 PM, Art Snyder via Ohiogift <
ohiogift at lists.osu.edu> wrote:

>  Friends:
>
> It's bad enough getting respect and support for gifted services for our
> wealth of gifted students, but a business publication is making things
> worse. From last week's edition of *Business Insider* comes this story
> headline:
>
> *20 reasons it's horrible to grow up 'gifted'*
> Link*: *
> http://www.businessinsider.com/why-its-horrible-to-grow-up-gifted-2015-3
>
> Perhaps the author needs a better education regarding the challenges
> facing these students and their families and teachers.
>
> Best wishes,
> Art Snyder
> artsnyder44 at cs.com
>
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