I have four children, all of whom are gifted. My 16-year-old daughter is an advanced and motivated learner. She has always been in the so-called "gifted" classes, and has never had a problem with me refusing to call it that. I simply won't label a population as those who have gifts because this excludes all others from the possibility.
Have you ever been to an elementary-school gathering and witnessed the supposed superiority of this population? Those children are no more gifted than any of the other children -- they are just more advanced learners. That is a beautiful thing, but so are the endless other gifts that each child possesses. I grew up in New York and was in advanced classes throughout my school years. That meant I got to work harder and at different levels from other kids. It didn't mean that I was gifted and they weren't. How can we stop perpetuating the stigma and label this program correctly? -- Concerned
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