ciss gifted training
TRANSCRIPT
Unless we haveexcellent education
for both our
plumbers and
philosophers,
neither our pipes
nor our ideas will
hold water.
—John Gardner
45% of new U.S. patents are granted now
(Education Week “A Quiet Crisis is Clouding the Future of R&D” May 25, 2005)
to foreigners.
(Education Week “A Quiet Crisis is Clouding the Future of R&D” May 25, 2005)
88% of high school
dropouts had passing grades,
(Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: “The Silent Epidemic” March 2006)
but dropped out due to boredom.
(Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: “The Silent Epidemic” March 2006)
Gifted students need coaches and mentors.
Often begin the year with 50% of the material mastered.
Dangers are boredom, frustration, despondency, low-achievement, poor work-habits
Role Models
Just as gifted athletes need a different type of training, so
gifted academics need a different type of training.
MentorsIntellectual Peers
Gifted students sometimes have learning disabilities.
Be careful not to overlook the “twice exceptional.”
Genius withouteducation is like
silver in the mine.
—William Butler Yeats