Nimo@lemmy.world to The Far Side@sh.itjust.works · 9 months agoMidvale school for the giftedlemmy.worldimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down11
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageMidvale school for the giftedlemmy.worldNimo@lemmy.world to The Far Side@sh.itjust.works · 9 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoA clear representation of gifted people being neurodivergent rather than better in some way. Sure the divergence can be beneficial in certain circumstances and at certain times, but that is not always the case.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoThere’s two kinds of “gifted” in American educational parlance, one has a sweet af special bus and the others are ADHD kids that like to read.
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoAmerican educators today don’t use the gifted label for either of those. Here’s a bit about current gifted education: https://nagc.org/page/Gifted-Education-Strategies
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-29 months agoI’ll take your word for it as that page says nothing useful itself, and note that this comic is almost forty years old.
A clear representation of gifted people being neurodivergent rather than better in some way. Sure the divergence can be beneficial in certain circumstances and at certain times, but that is not always the case.
There’s two kinds of “gifted” in American educational parlance, one has a sweet af special bus and the others are ADHD kids that like to read.
American educators today don’t use the gifted label for either of those. Here’s a bit about current gifted education: https://nagc.org/page/Gifted-Education-Strategies
I’ll take your word for it as that page says nothing useful itself, and note that this comic is almost forty years old.