Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Just because you despise the people on that particular listserve, doesn't mean that the whole concept of being gifted (or the opposite) is false.

I have a gifted child. Her mind thinks more in-depth, works faster and connects more dots than those of my other children, raised in the same household with the same exposure to learning. The research bears this out, despite the PP cherrypicking one article out of a multitude that confirm it.

Additionally, I also have a child with learning disabilities. Those are very real too, unfortunately. He works 5 times as hard as his gifted sibling to achieve less. Please accept that humans operate on a spectrum of functionality, and we're all doing the best we can with what we have.

Thank you for reminding us that children have different educational needs. This doesn’t need to be a zero sum game

No one will argue that you have a child who thinks more in-depth, works faster and connects more dots than those of your other children. In other words and per your own conclusion, compared to your "other children" she is gifted. Once that child is measured in comparison with peers, you will have a more meaningful metric. "Zero sum game" and other catch phrases used by the GTA make good bumper stickers but lend little to a meaningful conversation. The reality is that there is no real research or a consensus about GT. It is a means of making us feel good. BTW, I do have two children labeled by MCPS as gifted.