Hi everyone
Just been reading your ideas about teachers and their understanding of giftedness.
I was a teacher for seven years. The last school I taught at had no programs or support for gifted children AT ALL! Partly, it was money related, however, the underlying belief was that because they were so bright, they could manage by themselves without support! I was disgusted at the way their needs were ignored and offered to provide a program during my own time. I was not trained in gifted education but had done some subjects and had a very basic understanding of their needs. Eventually, I quit. I was burnt out and I was horrified at the way the school completed ignored their needs, which often resulted in poor behaviour or total boredom and complete waste of their time and talents. The school seemed more interested in spending money on its buildings, rather than supporting students.
