| In some school districts, children need to be classified as "gifted" to receive adequate educational opportunities. The classification is a double-edged sword. It can engender scornful and resentful reactions; some parents mistakenly assume the term carries a superior connotation, which it doesn't. It's more of a description than anything else. Some gifted children struggle quite a bit because of large discrepancies between their social and intellectual development. My older daughter was classified as "gifted" early on, and it has not been an easy road, though she ALWAYS does her homework (maybe that's the perfectionist part)! |