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

[Mary Collier]

Charlie,
I guess I have some of the same concerns Art does in that the article does little to educate the public, or the students themselves, about how a more consistent and better education program K-16 might yield better results for gifted students, families, and society.  One student mentioned the transition to high school was a problem.  There were other complaints directly related to the school environment.  It would be interesting to read a similar article about the extracurriculars and being a gifted singer, athlete, dancer, or Miss Popularity.  Do they have gripes, too? There was a photo adjacent to the article about how extracurriculars sometimes become a task, rather than a fun activity.  I think the school environment needs to change in many ways instead of  beating the 50s and 60s model of education to death.  When we have made education compulsory, there is a responsibility to design education programs better for all types of students, including gifted students, instead of catering to pockets of students, grouping all students by ages, and dumbing many of them down from their potential.

Mary Collier
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Charlie Toland <charlie.toland at gmail.com>
To: Art Snyder <artsnyder44 at cs.com>
Cc: Ohiogift <Ohiogift at lists.service.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Tue, Mar 31, 2015 12:21 pm
Subject: Re: [Ohiogift] "20 reasons it's horrible to grow up 'gifted'"


 
  
   
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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