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[quote=Anonymous]I don't think there's anything wrong with a kid knowing they are smart/gifted.  It's kind of hard to hide "gifted" from a kid who is getting pulled out of class for "RTG" classes - they are going to ask what that is all about.

I think the trick is to say something like, "Some things will come to you more easily than they come to others.  Try not to take that for granted.  It doesn't mean you shouldn't work hard.  You should always work hard."  I'd say the same thing to a kid who was good at music or a sport.  That kid has a gift in a particular area, and they should work hard to get even better, and not take it for granted.

I was identified gifted early on.  I LOVED learning, so for me, it was sort of a twofold thing.  For the subjects I didn't love, I definitely was able to spend less time on them than other people did and still got good grades, and I appreciated that.  Being able to knock out some of that work gave me time to focus on really diving into the stuff I did love to do.  Gifted provided me enrichment reading and activities I might not have found on my own before the internet was a thing.[/quote]

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