Here are my 2 cents: When I was growing up, I was a teacher-pleaser, straight-A student who got id'd for the gifted pullout. My brother, who I think is every bit as smart as I am, but in a different way, was kind of a space-cadet student and got C's. I think he probably would have been id'd as 2E in this day and age. So, the key is that if you fall under a specific school's definition, you get to be called gifted, or whatever the preferred label is. [This also led to my mom to advocate to get the pull-outs available to all the students, because in the 70's they were just enrichment anyway, which every kid could have benefitted from. She did not succeed.]
I like the idea that my kid has "special education needs," which i think came from grinity.
