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margaretdelacy@comcast.net; Ohiogift; OATAG@yahoogroups.com; XL-PDX@yahoogroups.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ohiogift] Labelling the gifted<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I don't mean to be indelicate, but my concern here is not for adults or institutions so I don't care what label is used or even if a label is used. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>No disrespect to NAGC, but the idea of potentially changing an organization's name as problematic is laughable. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I care about what happens for these children. If ditching the term "gifted" (or screaming like a chicken on Capitol Square at high noon) improved opportunities for gifted children I would do it in a heartbeat. It's just not that important. Really, it's not.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>And having lived through the trials, tribulations and fun of having one of those highly gifted children (and living to tell the tale) I I know all too well the social and emotional challenges for these kids and their families. Knowing all that I know I would give my eye teeth to just having these children respected as individuals and have their academic and instructional needs of these students recognized and met. That's plenty and so much more than what we have now. Expecting the school to be everything for everyone is unrealistic and quite frankly weakens advocacy efforts. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 8:54 PM, <<a href="mailto:Ms118rbts@aol.com" target="_blank">Ms118rbts@aol.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Susan,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Your question, "If we throw away the word, then what is the National Association for Gifted Children, in which all of these authors are major players, all about?" is right on. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>We wonder why we still keep fighting the same old battles with so little forward progress. With third grade guarantee and other hoops to jump through, students who have exceptional ability are often neglected, especially when district finances are really tight. In many cases, having the " gifted" label is the only thing that gets students anything approaching rigorous - let alone beyond grade level instruction and endless practice at things the student already understands.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>It is hard to make progress when some in the field seem to be giving those who do not believe in gifted education ammunition like this article!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Margaret, I love your analogy!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Sally<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>In a message dated 4/16/2014 8:18:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, <a href="mailto:susanrakow@earthlink.net" target="_blank">susanrakow@earthlink.net</a> writes:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I don't agree either because it presumes that giftedness is only about academic intervention and school instruction and disregards, particularly among the most highly gifted, the social and emotional aspects of experiencing the world through a gifted mind and heart. Lots of words have multiple connotations and sometimes the word "gifted" has baggage...but so does autistic or Asperger's or diabetic or artist and many others. And the fact is, that some children DO have abilities that others don't, just as some children DO have disabilities that others don't. <br><br>If we throw away the word, then what is the National Association for Gifted Children, in which all of these authors are major players, all about?<br>Susan<br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>>From: Margaret DeLacy <<a href="mailto:margaretdelacy@comcast.net" target="_blank">margaretdelacy@comcast.net</a>><br>>Sent: Apr 16, 2014 8:07 PM<br>>To: <a href="mailto:OATAG@yahoogroups.com" target="_blank">OATAG@yahoogroups.com</a>, "<a href="mailto:XL-PDX@yahoogroups.com" target="_blank">XL-PDX@yahoogroups.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:XL-PDX@yahoogroups.com" target="_blank">XL-PDX@yahoogroups.com</a>>, <a href="mailto:Tagfam@listserv.icors.org" target="_blank">Tagfam@listserv.icors.org</a>, <a href="mailto:Ohiogift@lists.service.ohio-state.edu" target="_blank">Ohiogift@lists.service.ohio-state.edu</a><br>>Subject: [Ohiogift] Labelling the gifted<br>><br>><a href="http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/04/16/28peters_ep.h33.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS1" target="_blank">http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/04/16/28peters_ep.h33.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS1</a><br>><br>>Commentary<br>>Gifted Ed. Is Crucial, But the Label Isn't<br>>By Scott J. Peters, Scott Barry Kaufman, Michael S. Matthews, Matthew T. McBee, D. Betsy McCoach <br>><br>>"But how does the label of "gifted" help teachers and administrators determine the appropriate programming for students? In our view, the term is not only unhelpful, but actually harmful to the interests of bright students. "Gifted" is an educationally nondescript concept, yet it also connotes an endowment that some students receive while others do not. Moreover, the term seems to suggest that high academic performance is a permanent quality, both due to chance and applicable in all domains.<br>><br>>The truth is that "giftedness" is irrelevant to K-12 educational decisions. What is relevant is whether the instruction a child receives is sufficiently rigorous to challenge that child. When that is not the case, there are many potential causes." <br>><br>>Margaret comments:<br>><br>>I disagree with this. I think the authors are insensitive to the realities of a school environment where time and energy are at a premium. These constraints make it exceedingly unlikely that a child will have access to "rigorous" instruction without a formal procedure for identifying the students who are likely to need significant interventions. <br>><br>>Suppose I went to a nursery and said "one of my plants is failing to thrive. What should I do?"<br>><br>>The nursery worker says, "what plant is it?"<br>><br>>I say, "I don't know. I don't believe in labelling my plants." <br>><br>>The nursery isn't going to send someone out to my home to see what plant it is. I don't have the time to try to figure it out. So the plant doesn't get what it needs.<br>><br>>Labels are never perfect. They are always probabilistic. Labels can be switched or wrong. But a good label would tell a knowledgeable person what kind of plant I probably have, how it fits in a taxonomy of plants, and what sorts of issues it might have. For example, there are tens of thousands of species of rhododendrons. But even if all we know is that the plant is a rhododendron at least that would also mean it probably needs acid soil. At least we would know to check for that issue. <br>><br>>Margaret<br>><br>><br>>_______________________________________________<br>>Ohiogift mailing list<br>><a href="mailto:Ohiogift@lists.service.ohio-state.edu" target="_blank">Ohiogift@lists.service.ohio-state.edu</a><br>><a href="https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/ohiogift" target="_blank">https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/ohiogift</a><br><br><br>Susan R. Rakow, Ph.D. <br>Clinical Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Program in Gifted Education<br>Department of Curriculum and Foundations <br>Cleveland State University<br>2485 Euclid Ave., EB374<br>Cleveland, OH 44115-2214<br><a href="tel:216-523-7296" target="_blank">216-523-7296</a><br><a href="mailto:s.rakow@csuohio.edu" target="_blank">s.rakow@csuohio.edu</a><br><br>“Modern cynics and skeptics see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a smaller wage than is paid to those to whom they entrust the care of their plumbing.” -John F. 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