Re:Why Do Schools Stigmatize "Gifted Children"?
by wccrawford on Sunday November 28, 2010 @07:51AM
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I was also in a 'Gifted Program' that had me out 1 day of every week. I was told that I was expected to keep up with ALL of the normal assignments, plus the Gifted Program assignments as well. I managed, easily, but some teachers weren't satisfied with that.
One of them decided that because I was in Gifted, I'd have to make sentences with my spelling words. Nobody else had to do this, and it wasn't part of the program. When that proved no problem, then I had to stand up and read them out loud to the class. I even got bored with that and started writing stories with the words. When I got bored with that, I started writing stories with the words, using the order they were given to me.
Right from the time I had to stand up and read, and I was the only one, the trouble started. I was bullied for years, and it only stopped when I started fighting back.
So yeah, they turned a peaceful, gifted child in to a violent child because they couldn't handle the situation.
There are definitely problems with how they handle the whole thing.
Having said that, having the class was still a LOT better than not having it. If I could go back and skip the class and miss out on the bullying, I wouldn't. I'd keep things as they were.
One of them decided that because I was in Gifted, I'd have to make sentences with my spelling words. Nobody else had to do this, and it wasn't part of the program. When that proved no problem, then I had to stand up and read them out loud to the class. I even got bored with that and started writing stories with the words. When I got bored with that, I started writing stories with the words, using the order they were given to me.
Right from the time I had to stand up and read, and I was the only one, the trouble started. I was bullied for years, and it only stopped when I started fighting back.
So yeah, they turned a peaceful, gifted child in to a violent child because they couldn't handle the situation.
There are definitely problems with how they handle the whole thing.
Having said that, having the class was still a LOT better than not having it. If I could go back and skip the class and miss out on the bullying, I wouldn't. I'd keep things as they were.