Nimo@lemmy.world to The Far Side@sh.itjust.works · 1 year agoMidvale school for the giftedlemmy.worldimagemessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down11
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageMidvale school for the giftedlemmy.worldNimo@lemmy.world to The Far Side@sh.itjust.works · 1 year agomessage-square6linkfedilink
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThere’s two kinds of “gifted” in American educational parlance, one has a sweet af special bus and the others are ADHD kids that like to read.
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAmerican educators today don’t use the gifted label for either of those. Here’s a bit about current gifted education: https://nagc.org/page/Gifted-Education-Strategies
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoI’ll take your word for it as that page says nothing useful itself, and note that this comic is almost forty years old.
There’s two kinds of “gifted” in American educational parlance, one has a sweet af special bus and the others are ADHD kids that like to read.
American educators today don’t use the gifted label for either of those. Here’s a bit about current gifted education: https://nagc.org/page/Gifted-Education-Strategies
I’ll take your word for it as that page says nothing useful itself, and note that this comic is almost forty years old.