Nimo@lemmy.world to The Far Side@sh.itjust.works · 1 year agoMidvale school for the giftedlemmy.worldimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up16
arrow-up16imageMidvale school for the giftedlemmy.worldNimo@lemmy.world to The Far Side@sh.itjust.works · 1 year agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoA clear representation of gifted people being neurodivergent rather than better in some way. Sure the divergence can be beneficial in certain circumstances and at certain times, but that is not always the case.
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.
A clear representation of gifted people being neurodivergent rather than better in some way. Sure the divergence can be beneficial in certain circumstances and at certain times, but that is not always the case.
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.