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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Being labeled as a gifted child bears no indication of how successful of an adult you will be.

These labels in the DC area are for parents inflated or deflated egos.[/quote]

I agree with you, but for many, identifying a child as gifted is not about egos. I was incredibly bored in school, got in trouble for sleeping during class, my brother was a troublemaker because he was bored... Many gifted children need challenges, otherwise they end up getting labled as the misfit or troublemaker because they are so bored.[/quote]

I wish it was just this area, but labels are everywhere.  I learned to discount labels early in my schooling when I went from being labeled "special ed. material" because I couldn't read in 3rd grade (undiagnosed dyslexia) to "Gifted" in the 7th grade.  This was not in the DC area but down in New Orleans.  It was clear to me that family resources and attention were the difference for me.  My family rallied around me and I was tested, outside of school, and given tons of tutoring, outside of school, and learned to read the summer between 3rd and 4th grade.  I've always wondered about the kids who didn't have families with the money, time and knowledge to help them.  Are they really less "gifted" intellectually or just less "gifted" by circumstance?  [/quote]

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