Testimonies: The challenges gifted children face in school 24 Articles

by Annemarie Garrett

The classic image of the gifted child in school is that of a socially-maladjusted, brilliant-but-lonely, gold-star-grabbing teacher's pet. That is to say, most people think that if there are challenges to be had for a gif...read more

by ink pen

A major consideration in examining the challenges gifted children face in school is the commonly accepted fact that giftedness and learning disabilities often occur in the same individual. A student may be well above ave...read more

by Leslie Fritz

Gifted children in the United States face challenges far greater and far more debilitating than those of their predecessors. Over-crowded schools, under-paid teachers and the never ending quest for high standardized test ...read more

by Rachelle de Bretagne

Gifted children and the challenges that they face. In the UK, there is a certain recognition and labelling system attached to special needs children, and although largely ignored, what the system doesn't seem to recogni...read more

by Courtney Caswell-Peyton

The "Gifted" Label Is No Gift I had an interesting scholastic career in my younger years. First of all, I was born ten weeks early. Every doctor told my mother that I would be retarded, blind and unable to function on...read more

by R.V. Smith

I never really liked the term "gifted." As a young girl identified as being "gifted," it was the same as being deemed "different." I was designated as a gifted child in grade five, after scoring highly on a series of stand...read more

by Ted Sherman

I had a gifted child. All right, I'm sure every parent has made the same boast, even Paris Hilton's and Don Imus' dads. I'll tell the story, and the reader can make up his/her mind as to whether I'm spouting idle puffery. ...read more

by Andrew Beaudoin

Growing Up Gifted. It's one of those things where I'm wondering where I'll get my t-shirt. Y'know, one of those hopelessly generic ones that says something inane like "I Grew Up Gifted and all I got was this lousy shirt...read more

by Ms. D. Bleu

"You are your own worst enemy." "She's smart, but she just doesn't apply herself." "She's bright, she just doesn't pay attention." I was bored. Bored out of my mind and there was nothing anyone was suggesting that was ...read more

by Ann Marie Dwyer

"They are getting out of class, again!" I really hated to hear that. Gifted children were taken from class three days per week and bussed to other schools for their "special education". The other children thought it...read more

by Winnie Sullivan

'Hey, you are smart, do this for me.' 'You are in gifted, you are a smart person.' 'We all know she will get it right.' These statements seem a little off to me, what about you? I, as a gifted child going through schoo...read more

by Belinda Youlten

Boredom is one of the greatest challenges that gifted children face in school. Placing them into a higher grade where they're able to work on more challenging subject matter is not always the answer. Although they can c...read more

by Althea March

Reflections on Succeeding with a Child with Hearing Loss as a Public School Teacher In this thought-provoking educational article, Davinia Inkson presents the reader with the challenge of how to deal caringly but eff...read more

by Krystle Hernandez

"Gifted" children have long been classified into a different category, often separated from their peers for their superior skill levels in educational aspects such as reading, writing, and mathematics. I was enrolled ...read more

by Shari Mead

How can my daughter have the mind of a nine year old and be stuck in the body of a five year old? The answer easy from the day she was born I talked to her, read her books.(not just children's stories but the dictionary a...read more

by Toni Doswell

We'll call him Mark. He was a genius. At the age of three he expressed an interest in books. At the age of four he was reading. At the age of five he read the encyclopedias in his home. At the age of five, he wa...read more

by Royce Radcliffe

As a guy that went into the gifted program in high school, I can say something about the experience. Not that I think this title is completely apt for every gifted child. This perception that gifted kids are somehow extra-...read more

by Cheryl Pillsbury

My daughter is thirteen years, bright, happy but quiet. She attends the Nississitt Middle School in our home town and it has been a wonderful experience. It the school a few times to assemble the team for the classroom b...read more

by The Chocolate Lady

First of all let me note that I live in Israel where the school system is quite different from those in the USA and the UK. However, I myself am a product of American schools, and I have many friends who have had children ...read more

by Johnette Loefgren

"Your child is always bored.When he does take an interest in what we are doing ,he challenges everything I say."My son's fourth grade teacher was very upset .I already knew what was wrong.He needed to be in the "Gifted...read more