Anybody here gifted?

When I say gifted I mean like academically. Where you have a special class or classes that are only for you and other gifted students. Myself, I spent the entire day at another school on Thursdays in elementary school for gifted, then in middle school I had gifted in place of english and history. I'm not taking any sort of gifted class in high school because I'm tired of being labeled as "the gifted kid". So... after all that rambling, is/was anybody here "gifted"?

Does gifted at being awesome count?

When I say gifted I mean like academically. Where you have a special class or classes that are only for you and other gifted students. Myself, I spent the entire day at another school on Thursdays in elementary school for gifted, then in middle school I had gifted in place of english and history. I'm not taking any sort of gifted class in high school because I'm tired of being labeled as "the gifted kid". So... after all that rambling, is/was anybody here "gifted"?

Alex3796

Does gifted at being awesome count?

Pirate700

I always frowned on the usage of "special" and "gifted", seems so condescending to me. It should be something like..different requirements c lass or something.

Not sure. My mom tells me that I'm special. Does that count for anything?

I'm certified gifted by the state of PA, but I'm sucking in college lol....AdamPA1006

Not sure. My mom tells me that I'm special. Does that count for anything?

LikeHaterade

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Not sure. My mom tells me that I'm special. Does that count for anything?

NiteLights

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Not sure. My mom tells me that I'm special. Does that count for anything?

NiteLights

Hey, aren't our mommas the same?

im very very athletic. i can play a lot of different sports and be above average on them. academically im not very gifted at all. :P

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Not sure. My mom tells me that I'm special. Does that count for anything?

NiteLights

Gifted? I'm not sure. When I was in elementary school, my mom used to tell me that my teachers would call me that all the time. And she was so proud. But after a few traumatic experiences and all of middle school I think I lost a lot of drive. I think I stopped caring and I had no motivation to try and do well anymore. Most of my teachers seemed to think I had potential in high school but I always didn't meet their standards because I never really tried. If I could go back, I'd give it my all just to see if anyone was right about me. frostybanana

[QUOTE="AdamPA1006"]I'm certified gifted by the state of PA, but I'm sucking in college lol....rawsavon

Eh i was in the gifted program in elementary school and middle school and then in high school I was in IB

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Not sure. My mom tells me that I'm special. Does that count for anything?

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Not sure. My mom tells me that I'm special. Does that count for anything?

LikeHaterade

Hey, aren't our mommas the same?

Does Honors English count?

I was "gifted" bc of my IQ score. We were separated from the other kids though. Which I didn't like. Most of my friends weren't gifted. mrmusicman247

Same for me. One of my best friends is gifted, but all the others aren't. I feel out of place. I understand it means I have great potential, but my expectations are so much higher than everyone else's, sometimes it gets to be too much.

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Not sure. My mom tells me that I'm special. Does that count for anything?

Fightingfan

[QUOTE="rawsavon"][QUOTE="AdamPA1006"]I'm certified gifted by the state of PA, but I'm sucking in college lol....Travo_basic

Wait. "Gifted" like in remedial classes or like AP classes?

[QUOTE="mrmusicman247"]I was "gifted" bc of my IQ score. We were separated from the other kids though. Which I didn't like. Most of my friends weren't gifted. Alex3796

Same for me. One of my best friends is gifted, but all the others aren't. I feel out of place. I understand it means I have great potential, but my expectations are so much higher than everyone else's, sometimes it gets to be too much.

Wait. "Gifted" like in remedial classes or like AP classes?

Bluestorm-Kalas

Wait. "Gifted" like in remedial classes or like AP classes?

Bluestorm-Kalas

Creative/story writing I guess, my English teacher always loves to read my works. They seem to be at their best when I write while angry.

-some, not all, 'gifted' kids have had that label for so long that they are used to being treated a certain way, getting certain privileges, etcrawsavon

[QUOTE="Travo_basic"][QUOTE="rawsavon"] That happens more than you would think...rawsavon

I have a pretty high IQ (like 147 or something, can't remember exactly) but that really doesn't mean much. A high IQ doesn't do much if you can't apply it to anything.

I never got perticularly high grades before College because I hated school/was lazy so I was never put in any special classes except AP.

I hate the term "gifted." If I had a nickel for every kid that thought he was superior because he was called gifted... Well, I'd have a few nickels, but holy crap does it do a number on the ego.dreDREb13

[QUOTE="dreDREb13"]I hate the term "gifted." If I had a nickel for every kid that thought he was superior because he was called gifted... Well, I'd have a few nickels, but holy crap does it do a number on the ego.hedden93

Yeah, I really dislike the term gifted. I'm glad my high school doesn't offer a specific gifted program, just honors and AP courses. I do still meet with with gifted teacher from middle school, however, to discuss college options.

[QUOTE="rawsavon"][QUOTE="AdamPA1006"]I'm certified gifted by the state of PA, but I'm sucking in college lol....Travo_basic

me

After a certain point (like a 110 IQ) its more about your situation and how you apply yourself then your actual "potential". An IQ test isn't a very good representation of how capable you are, just how good you are at solving very linear problems, nothing to do with creativity or dealing with other people, which is just as, or more important.

When I say gifted I mean like academically. Where you have a special class or classes that are only for you and other gifted students. Myself, I spent the entire day at another school on Thursdays in elementary school for gifted, then in middle school I had gifted in place of english and history. I'm not taking any sort of gifted class in high school because I'm tired of being labeled as "the gifted kid". So... after all that rambling, is/was anybody here "gifted"?

Alex3796

Could you specifiy further? This year (10th grade) I'm in Cambridge classes and dual enrolled at a local community college. Does that make me gifted? Because it was more or less hard work that got me there.

I was never in the gifted program despite having been tested twice for it. Reason for that being that I purposefully failed every gifted admissions test since I saw that gifted kids got more homework and I didn't want that :P For what it's worth though, I currently go to a top 20 university, am majoring in neuroscience with a 3.78 GPA, and am getting ready to publish some research I've been doing for the past two years as a first author (which will doubtlessly net me summa cum laude graduation honors when I present my honor's thesis).

When I was younger (1st grade to be exact), my school was going to enter me into their gifted classes. By gifted I mean the advanced classes, not the remedial. I changed schools the next year, though, and they didn't have any such programs at my new school :(. Sometimes I wonder where I'd be today if I had been placed in the gifted program.

Yeah, I am. I took an IQ test in elementary school to determine whether I was 'intelligent' enough to be included in the district's gifted program, and I passed with an abnormally high IQ score. From then on, people tended to expect more from me when it came to academics. However work ethic and intellect are not exactly correlated. :P

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When I say gifted I mean like academically. Where you have a special class or classes that are only for you and other gifted students. Myself, I spent the entire day at another school on Thursdays in elementary school for gifted, then in middle school I had gifted in place of english and history. I'm not taking any sort of gifted class in high school because I'm tired of being labeled as "the gifted kid". So... after all that rambling, is/was anybody here "gifted"?

jman1553

Could you specifiy further? This year (10th grade) I'm in Cambridge classes and dual enrolled at a local community college. Does that make me gifted? Because it was more or less hard work that got me there.

I mean like when you were younger, you took a test where you had to score in something like the 98th percentile I believe, and if you passed you got accepted into the "gifted" community. In my opinion, anybody can be "gifted" if they apply themselves. Like you, for instance.

When I was younger (1st grade to be exact), my school was going to enter me into their gifted classes. By gifted I mean the advanced classes, not the remedial. I changed schools the next year, though, and they didn't have any such programs at my new school :(. Sometimes I wonder where I'd be today if I had been placed in the gifted program.

jubino

I've taken lots of honors and AP courses and was involved in the Scholars Course of Study. nothing labeled "gifted".