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OK, I admit, I may be a little extreme at times, but this one just irritated me to a point that may not be rational!
I received an e-mail via a weblist I'm on and the topic was the term "gifted". There was at least 8-10 parents of gifted kids talking about how much easier things would be if their children were referred to as something other than "gifted".
They feel that the term is elitist and carries an "I've got it made" atitude, which doesn't reflect the truth behind our kids. They would like our children to be referred to as "Asynchronous learners".
How long before that term becomes "Elitist?" Used to be they called kids like this genius. That term was changed to gifted in honor of political correctness. With so many more pressing issues facing these kids I can't even believe that people want to focus on something so......Stupid!
Fact is if you call a zebra a horse with stripes, it's still a zebra....JMO
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The debate on labeling kids is one that will never go away and then on top of that the debate of the label itself. I hear it all the time and usually from teachers with GT kids as they push the boredom card. Debating it is not my problem it is that it falls so low on the totem pole compared to what really needs to be advocated for the Genius/Gifted/Asynchronous/WHATEVER learner. Let's pull our resources for more important things. Just think how much we could do for our children if we got past the petty stuff and united on the structure of GT education needs.
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Parents do throw daggers w/their eyes if you use the word "gifted" . I usually say my DS is an anomaly LOL
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Exactly! Let's pull our resources for more important things. Just think how much we could do for our children if we got past the petty stuff and united on the structure of GT education needs.
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I usually say my DS is an anomaly LOL My son used to describe himself as an "un-normal-y".
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OK, I admit, I may be a little extreme at times, but this one just irritated me to a point that may not be rational!
I received an e-mail via a weblist I'm on and the topic was the term "gifted". There was at least 8-10 parents of gifted kids talking about how much easier things would be if their children were referred to as something other than "gifted".
They feel that the term is elitist and carries an "I've got it made" atitude, which doesn't reflect the truth behind our kids. They would like our children to be referred to as "Asynchronous learners".
How long before that term becomes "Elitist?" Used to be they called kids like this genius. That term was changed to gifted in honor of political correctness. With so many more pressing issues facing these kids I can't even believe that people want to focus on something so......Stupid!
Fact is if you call a zebra a horse with stripes, it's still a zebra....JMO Oh, girlfriend, I am SOOOOOOO with you! This is one of my big complaints. I don't care if you call my kid sdgtlkhasdi, just TEACH him! How is that elitist? Words aren't elitist, people are! It annoys the fool out of me!
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No, that's not accurate. All kids have gifts, but not all kids are gifted.
"Gifted" is short for "academically gifted" or "intellectually gifted," and it is the professionally accepted term for this different way of learning and developing. It is a specific term with a precise meaning in the fields of education and psychology.
I agree that it is unfortunate that so many people confuse the professional term and the generic one. But that's like demanding that we change the name "heart" because too many people use it to mean the heart shape we see at Valentine's Day rather than the muscle that pumps blood.
I would be fine with using some other term. But I don't see any point in the GT community wasting a lot of energy on this. Words are useless without action. Teach my kids!
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I agree with Kriston. I don't care what you want to call it, just teach them what they need and are capable of learning...
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