Monday, December 8, 2008
I.C. 6
Wow. Big day today. It began with major procrastination, as it always does, but I finally pushed myself to do some real work on the paper today. First, I dragged my sorry behind to the library and found not one, but two non-electronic sources to use! And they are good too! The first is hothouse kids by Alissa Quart, which discusses the ridiculous amount of pressure gifted individuals are under. This works as a source against increased gifted education, as does the Davidson Academy. I also unearthed Real Education, which discusses four "truths" one of which directly related to gifted education. This section seems to be fairly short and succinct, exactly what I need for my paper. This, a NYT article, a Times article, and the national association for gifted children will count as my for sources. Things are looking up. I also wrote a boatload tonight, bringing my total from about a half of a page to about 3 and a half. I've included NAGC, Hothouse kids, NYT and times articles, and Davidson Academy already. I need more of the Times article in the piece and need to read and bring in Real Education. But all in good time. No fear anymore.
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Your topic intrigues me Jean - I may be incorrect, but it seems at first glance as if it would be one for which you would be able to find a fairly wide berth of an opinion. It shall be interesting to see what you dig up. I would very much like to peruse your paper once it is finished, for I must confess that your topic is one that I'm not extremely knowledgeable about. I came from an extremely large public school system, and simply no such programs existed to speak of. I'm interested to know if you support just SCHOOLS for the gifted, or if you're in favor of programs as well in schools that are not primarily gifted schools. I suppose I will have to wait until you write your -next- paper in the Inquiry series to really get my answer. Best of luck to you on this draft.
Good job, getting all that work done on your paper.
You said she talks about the pressure kids are under, but does that take into account the fact that on average, gifted kids can handle more pressure. My sister left Sycamore after 1st grade because she couldn't handle the work, but obviously we graduated just fine. In fact, I think most of the kids at Sycamore enjoyed their accelerated education
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