tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702344196398061245.post3830965612733321775..comments2024-03-19T22:10:49.383-04:00Comments on Gifted Challenges™: Being gifted is not a choiceGail Post, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01482577821092891593noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702344196398061245.post-81379169694933332872018-01-28T13:05:57.398-05:002018-01-28T13:05:57.398-05:00Anonymous, You are right in that it is not rare. H...Anonymous, You are right in that it is not rare. However, it is a small percentage of the overall population, and school's use that to justify withholding educational services. Thank you for your feedback.Gail Post, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01482577821092891593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702344196398061245.post-35443648564768055372018-01-28T09:40:17.632-05:002018-01-28T09:40:17.632-05:005% is not rare at all. 1 in a ten thousand or one ...5% is not rare at all. 1 in a ten thousand or one in million is rare. Sorry I have to leave a comment saying that. I believe my son is gifted. And I recently suspecting myself is gifted too. It's so frustrated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702344196398061245.post-76310697978023771452016-01-04T09:30:22.435-05:002016-01-04T09:30:22.435-05:00Atlas, You described it so well. Thanks for your c...Atlas, You described it so well. Thanks for your comments.Gail Post, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01482577821092891593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702344196398061245.post-3001069968748225532016-01-04T09:05:51.800-05:002016-01-04T09:05:51.800-05:00Choice. If people had a choice with giftedness, ma...Choice. If people had a choice with giftedness, many would opt out. It's not all rainbows and unicorns. In addition, if it's not a choice and the gifted do not receive support, they are not changed; they are stagnated. Lack of support only denies a gifted soul his identity, himself. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702344196398061245.post-72167129703067771232014-12-21T15:28:25.026-05:002014-12-21T15:28:25.026-05:00Good point. It certainly may make a school distric...Good point. It certainly may make a school district sound appealing. It's just not accurate!<br />GailGail Post, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01482577821092891593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702344196398061245.post-16286586227271803992014-12-21T14:07:34.427-05:002014-12-21T14:07:34.427-05:00I wonder how much economics drive this in schools....I wonder how much economics drive this in schools. The more gifted kids that are 'identified', the more funding is possible due to the 'prestige' inherent in having so many 'gifted' attending. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702344196398061245.post-63890909620876879652014-12-19T20:06:15.374-05:002014-12-19T20:06:15.374-05:00Thanks, anonymous. I think the assumption is that ...Thanks, anonymous. I think the assumption is that not naming it will allow a child to push him or herself and take risks with learning. What this fails to recognize, though, is that most gifted children are not able to push themselves in learning environments that lack any stimulation, and that gifted identification creates opportunities (sometimes) for developing an educational plan that might help them.Gail Post, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01482577821092891593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702344196398061245.post-23107041929315757652014-12-19T09:09:13.751-05:002014-12-19T09:09:13.751-05:00Great article. So tired of opinion articles where ...Great article. So tired of opinion articles where people make statements about gifted children that just make things worse.I don't know why a parent would want to ignore that his child is gifted. It doesn't make any sense and does nothing to improve her education.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702344196398061245.post-20019991676572175482014-12-18T18:59:46.694-05:002014-12-18T18:59:46.694-05:00Celi, Thanks for your comments. That is so unfortu...Celi, Thanks for your comments. That is so unfortunate that the school district near you labels what is essentially an advanced track class as a gifted program.This confuses parents, teachers and students, dilutes the meaning of giftedness, and sets up unreasonable expectations. <br />GailGail Post, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01482577821092891593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702344196398061245.post-30038213458670437432014-12-18T14:00:38.843-05:002014-12-18T14:00:38.843-05:00Thank you for such a concise article explaining th...Thank you for such a concise article explaining the true incidence of giftedness, especially in our schools. "Common as muck"--I found out recently exactly why some people believe this, and also why they believe that giftedness in children is "a middle class construct." I live near a very wealthy school district which, I just learned, enrolls approximately 25% of their students in their gifted program! I was shocked. This percentage of a school district's student body being labeled as gifted of course confounds the already difficult lives of our truly gifted. Thank you, Gail, for another excellent article!Celi Trépanier https://www.blogger.com/profile/03574778816194151069noreply@blogger.com