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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><a name="_MailEndCompose">Thanks, Katie! I also agree with Mary’s summation of success and how it is perceived by societal differences. There is no clear-cut global definition that applies to everyone. I do believe that outcome of how one obtains personal success should be reflective of how it was achieved and, hopefully, within the confines of human decency and compassion. Of course, with gifted children, success can take on many faces depending on the individual. Children are going to have a different view than adults. We have wisdom and experience. For some gifted children, underachievement is a means of ‘fitting in’ with how he perceives his society (peers), especially if high-achievement is not the norm for the group with whom he associates, or if he is the target of unkind humor due to being ‘gifted’. Just as some adults have the pressure of success so do gifted children. It is imperative to let our gifted children know that their peculiarities are welcomed and encouraged. That is where gifted services can help with the social and emotional needs of our gifted students. The intellect is there . . . much work needs to be assigned to fostering social and emotional perceptions. <o:p></o:p></a></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Chip<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Edward A. Hawks, III, M.Ed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><hr size=5 width=506 style='width:271.9pt' noshade style='color:black' align=left></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gifted Intervention Specialist <b>/</b> Exceptional Student Education<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Kent City School District<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'><hr size=5 width=507 style='width:272.4pt' noshade style='color:red' align=left></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>“What he seemed, he was—a wholly human gentleman, the <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>essential elements of whose positive character were two and <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>only two, simplicity and spirituality.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(Douglas Southall Freeman on Robert E. Lee)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Katie Thurston [mailto:kthurston61@gmail.com] <br>Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 11:35 AM<br>To: Edward A. Hawks III<br>Subject: Re: [Ohiogift] ungiftedness<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Well said, Chip.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Katie<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>On 6/23/13, Edward A. Hawks III <<a href="mailto:eah3rd@windstream.net"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>eah3rd@windstream.net</span></a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Mary's point about the military can also equate to corporate. If <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> someone tends to 'mess up', let's promote him!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>