How_All_Midddle_Schoolers_Can_Be_Gifted

How All Midddle Schoolers Can Be Gifted How All Middle-Schoolers Can Be “Gifted” Students are going to compare themselves with their peers regardless if it is healthy for their identities or not. There are ways of allowing them to do so in a healthy manner by increasing their responsibility as a student, increase the recognition of the individual, family, cultural values, and interests. Participation in a gifted programs can lead to healthy identity recognition. Distinction and affiliation with other peers provides a positive identity messages. Unfortunately some distinctions that are positive for many children can be negative for others. Sometimes an identification of a gift may cause confusion or underachievement. A parent or teacher can also misuse the distinction of being “gifted” and label a child as superior to the rest of the class. Many programs healthy, student, individual, identity, school, recognition, gifted, recognized, programs, positive, peers, one, middle-schoolers, identities, expertise, distinction, develop, curriculum, young, widen, weaknesses, ways, values, unfortunately, underachievement, treat, toward, themselves, teacher, superior, success, students, strengths, stimulus