Many children all over the world are considered gifted children. There are many myths and truths, and advantages and disadvantages of being a gifted student. Read the rest of this blog post to find out more about; the myths and truth about gifted and the ups and downs (advantages and disadvantages.) about being gifted. Being gifted myself i have faced plenty of the ups and downs to being gifted.
Some "Ups" To Being Gifted.
There are many advantages to being gifted. First off we are smarter than the average person. Gifted kids can grasp and understand more complicated topics better than the average student. Being smarter can help students in advanced classes, and understand them better. Being a gifted student also makes you more creative. You are able to think differently than others around you. Each gifted student is creative in their own way. All of gifted students may be able to see things differently then each other. Being gifted can also help you get into a good college. Being in a special gifted class where only a select number of students get in, would look really good on college applications. Being gifted has many ups to it.
Some "Downs" To Being Gifted
Not only are there ups to being gifted there are plenty of downs too. For starters there are the expectations. Parents expect their gifted student to excel in every subject they do. They expect them to get all A's. With difficult expectations come lots of pressure. Pressure to get all A's, pressure to be a good student in school. Expectations not only come from parents but from teachers too. They'll expect you to get all A's in their class just because you are gifted. And pressure comes in when you don't want to disappoint your parents and your teachers. Another down to being gifted is being bullied. Gifted students often get bullied for being smart and different then other kids in their grade. When a gifted student is being bullied he/she will try and dumb themselves down, so they don't attract attention to themselves. If gifted students dumb themselves down they may lose their giftedness forever and it will never com back. One last down to being gifted is asynchronous development, which means all of their maturities mature at the same rate. The maturities include; Physical Maturity, Emotional Maturity, Intellectual Maturity, and Social Maturity. One example for asynchronous development is your intellectual maturity is fully matured and you are fairly higher above the average kids in your grade but, you still look fairly young while all of your peers look much older than you. Most people will think of you as being not as smart as all the other student, but in reality, you are on a much higher level of intelligence then they are. And those are some downs to being a gifted child.
The Myths and Truths of Being Gifted.
There are many myths and truths of being gifted. One myth is that a student that is getting bad grades can't be gifted. The truth is that some gifted students are sometimes so advanced that they get bored in class. They become very bored in unchallenged classroom. Another myth is that gifted student will do fine in all of the average classes. The truth is that gifted students need a class just for them. They also need a teacher that knows how to teach gifted students. Another myth is that AP classes are the classes for gifted children. The truth is that AP classes are college level classes that are taught by a high school teacher for students that want to work hard. One last myth is gifted students don't need help and they will do fine on their own. The truth is that gifted students still need guidance from well trained teacher, that know how to challenge and support them. For more myths and truths of being a gifted child go to National Association of Gifted Children.
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