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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a teacher and I’m gifted 🤷‍♀️ [/quote]

Most aren't. There's data on this. Most people in general aren't gifted, nor do they need to be in order to do a good job teaching.

I will say, though, I know a lot of teachers both family members and old college friends. The one friend who became a gifted teacher... was gifted. [/quote]

Share the data? Not sure how they could collect that info.

-Another teacher here with a 155 IQ[/quote]

Why are you, a teacher with a 155 IQ, lurking on this forum? Don't you have anything better to do?[/quote]

I love teaching, are those with higher IQs prohibited from going into education?[/quote]

Another high IQ teacher here:

I’ve wanted to be a teacher since I was in the 4th grade. I excelled academically and went to great colleges for undergrad and grad. My desire to teach never wavered, even though I had plenty of friends and advisors tell me I’m “too smart” to teach. I’ve been an educator for many years now and I’ve lost count of the people who are surprised I “just” teach.

Some of us are driven by more than money and prestige. I’m driven by a desire to help students learn. I want students to find it as fun and rewarding as I do. [/quote]

First, I absolutely believe teachers can, with experience and training, determine who is gifted, or more to the point, who will do well in AAP (which serves a broader group).  I'm not sure if FCPS is aiming at those who will do best in AAP, but that's a different issue.

Second, my first professional aspiration was teaching, but unlike the PP, I didn't pursue teaching because I was an outstanding student. I was told I could be a doctor, a lawyer, etc.  Higher paid and more prestige.  I ended up in law and did well enough, but it was not my passion and I never really enjoyed it. I left the workforce early and have taught as a volunteer and mentor, which I love and am really good at.  Like Randy Pausch who wrote [i]The Last Lecture[/i], helping other people achieve their dreams is a very worthwhile endeavor.   I grew up poor and never had any role models in the legal profession so I really didn't know what lawyers did. My close relatives were manual laborers.   But I did have some excellent teachers with whom I had firsthand experience.  I probably wouldn't have been able to retire early as a teacher, but I would have found it a more rewarding career. [/quote]

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