With some downtime between summer graduate school classes and the week of professional development before school starts, naturally, I spend time... doing more reading and professional development, all while watching Netflix Korean romantic comedies. Part of my reading includes required readings for my fall semester classes (basically the Not Read YET on my School Shelf), trying to finally read through The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan, and a bunch of articles and resources for the online GT trainings I am completing. One of the trainings included the Eight Great Gripes of Gifted Students and I felt seen not only as a student, but as a person. An assignment including creating an "infographic" about something we learned, so I used the concerns in the image below. Side note, did you know that Word and PowerPoint have great infographic templates? Being overwhelmed by choices on color schemes, fonts, and all other things that go with creating these things is common for me, but the templates provide relief. When going through any trainings, it is important to consider that while they are usually designed to target a specific student sub-population, the information and strategies we learn about can apply to any student, regardless of the label. Does a student have to be labeled GT to feel different and wish people would accept them as they are? Are students feeling overwhelmed by not only the number of things they can do, but also all of the things they are expected to do? Have you had a student in a "regular" class get teased for being smart? Another side note... we should get away from calling classes regular classes and start calling them level, but that will be for another post that I will eventually link back here. These gripes have come from explicitly surveying students with the GT label, but I wonder how many students would identify with most, if not all, of these. The techniques suggested to address these concerns should apply to everyone. In fact, I am not considering everyone as just GT students or students in general, but our colleagues and administration as well. Which concern do you identify the most with? Are there any concerns that you have learned how to manage?
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