All About Being Gifted Post

Myths of Being Gifted 

(from familyeducation.com)
Myth 1: Gifted students don't need any help
Truth 1: Gifted students will need help. Usually gifted students are gifted in one area, and might be bad in another. For example, I'm good at history and language arts, but I'm bad at things like science and math. I usually ask for help in those classes. 
(From nagc.com) Myth 2: Academically gifted students are socially awkward nerds that do nothing but do calculus and read Shakespeare for fun
Truth 2: This is not true. Every single person in my gifted class has multiple friends, does sports (or some other extracurricular such as theater or an instrument), and most don't even like school work. 
(From nagc.com)
Myth 3: All children are gifted
Truth 3: No, not all children are gifted. While some might argue, there are many kids that don't have talent. Many kids will end up going through there life being mediocre, especially if they never find something that they might be good at.

Ups and Downs of Being Gifted

(From byrdseed.com) There are many ups and downs to being gifted. The first one is that although you will be advanced in a certain area, many gifted students end up lacking in another area. For example, usually do well in history, and find it very interesting, but then when it comes to math I find it hard to concentrate and although i do well, i am not excelled in this area. The second up/down is that although you may be able to process info, many might not be able to handle it because a lot of gifted students also develop emotionally slower than other kids.This means that although you can understand the info , you might not be able to handle it, and you could easily over react/become very upset.For example last year, when learning about the Holocaust, many kids became easily upset, because they could comprehend the basis of the information so well. The third and final up/down is that many children might be too gifted for their age level, and there motor mechanics are too poor for their age. One example is if you are a 7 year old, highly intelligent, but have awful handwriting, he would marked down on grades, because teachers don't like his handwriting.

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Name: James (people call me JJ)
Grade: 9th
Favorite school subjects: History, Lunch, Gym.
Favorite topics: Lacrosse, cross country (distance running), war, movies, video games.
Free time spent: playing video games, watching movies, running, practicing lacrosse, sleeping.
Future job: buisness owner/teacher
Happy: being with friends