| Thank you Northstarmom for the GT definition! I just scanned the posts, it is amazing how ignorant people can be regarding giftedness (or call it by any other euphamism, we have a lot for retarded, the name doesn't change the condition). A differentiated curriculum is ideal for every student, unfortunately there isn't the money to do so (don't get me started on the enormous expense to value ratio for the other end of the Bell curve...). The gifted ARE different, and vary as much as the retarded. Read the GT literature, people, before you make statements. I could rant some more- but let me leave you with this- would you like your at least average child to be forced to do the curriculum of/at the pace of a child with an IQ of 70? That's the same IQ difference for average to low end gifted. |