The gifted child's struggle in the regular classroom 12 Articles

by peterpan

I could never forget the story of the child prodigy named Sufiah Yusof. Having been given exemplary intelligence to enter Oxford University at the age of 13 in 1997, she turned famous in news headlines all over the world. ...read more

by Angie Papple

Let's say you're a calculus professor. How easy would it be for you to sit through a class on multiplication tables and long division? If you had to sit through that class day after day and month after month, how long wo...read more

by Melinda Clayton

"I hate school!" shouted my six year old son, tears streaming down his face. His entire first grade year had been a struggle. The little boy who happily skipped into his classroom on the first day of school was the same ...read more

by Shanan King

No one likes to be labeled, especially children. They like to just be themselves. They do not want to stand out among their peers they want to belong with their peers. School is already a hard place to be yourself. The...read more

by Trenna Sue Hiler

The disclaimer comes at the beginning. This article speaks in general terms about gifted students. The author is aware that each gifted student is different and may not fall into the generalities made. Gifted students ...read more

by Anita Baresel

Gifted children are often bored. Their thinking skills and applications to the subject that is presented in a regular classroom invite their minds to other journeys. They do not like, particularly, to be "shining stars" ...read more

by Sande Waybill

A gifted child remains a child, student, and a growing member of society; however, they will often have special needs within regular schooling to ensure their maximum potential is reached. If ignored or forced into the ave...read more

by Erin Knight

While attending school, I was considered a "gifted student". It was a title I had great contempt for. Along with it came unrealistic expectations and demands. The pressure to live up to, what I believed was expected of me,...read more

by Heather Foster

Experience in the topic of gifted students in regular classrooms leads me to write from my own trials. Being dyslexic and judged gifted, back when kids that got that label were tormented by classmates for being smart, I su...read more

by John Graham

My son was a real pain in school. He was always getting into trouble and each year his mother and I were called in shortly after the school year began to discuss his problem.' This started even in pre-school. The proble...read more

by Jen Hudson

"Let's review." The teacher puts the English notes up on the overhead. These are the same notes that she spent 43 minutes of class going over the day before. Sinking into his seat, eighth grader Matthew Jones hides h...read more

by Jody Barnes

The federal laws that shape our public education system have been designed to ensure that the general population of students are able to meet a level of proficiency in reading, writing, history, mathematics, and science. A...read more