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Overview"Much is made of the test scores, earning power, and innovative contributions of highly intelligent kids, but we rarely ask what it's actually like to be ""gifted."" In a culture obsessed with exceptionalism, sorting by intelligence has become an educational norm, leading thousands of American students to be ushered through (or noticeably left out of) advanced academic programs. Stereotypes and generalizations about these students--from the socially inept genius to the high-strung overachiever-have filled the gap in data about who they are apart from what they achieve. At a time of educational upheaval and rapidly declining youth mental health, former gifted kids--particularly women and nonbinary people also wrestling with questions of identity, inequality, and parenthood--are reckoning with the role of the ""gifted"" label.This work offers personal accounts from diverse voices, each one considered a ""gifted kid"" in their youth, and considers questions of identity, inequality, poverty, racism, and more. Essays address the dangers of praising achievements over efforts, imposter syndrome, intelligence as identity, and why even the smartest among us often feel like failures, among many other topics." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kaitlin Ugolik PhillipsPublisher: McFarland & Co Inc Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc Weight: 0.272kg ISBN: 9781476692425ISBN 10: 1476692424 Pages: 277 Publication Date: 31 January 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsTable of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: Desirable Difficulties Kaitlin Ugolik Phillips Part I: Go Big or Go Home On My Own Terms Aleenah Ansari Cycle of Transgressions Sheryl Carlson Scapegoat Brooke J. Knisley The Art of Stunting Trees Bunny McFadden Part II: Who Do You Think You Are? The Very Worst Girl in the Family Amy Challenger Honorary Amanda Lehr On the Shoulders of Giants Sophie Strosberg Fight Song Amy Lee Lillard Part III: Labels and Levels Skipping Third Grade and Part of My Childhood Candy Schulman Twice Exceptional Eve Z. Crevoshay Boxes Sondi Warner Too Young to Qualify Michele Weldon Double-Demoted Mandy Shunnarah Part IV: Breaking the Cycle Gatekept Laura Wheatman Hill The Language of Learning Jennifer Dines A Desk of My Melissa A. Watkins I Wanted My Child to Be a Child Aimee Seiff Christian About the Contributors IndexReviews“Finally, a book that brings multiple perspectives to one of the oldest, most elitist problems of American education: the 'gifted' tracking system. These essays will resonate with many.” - Sara Zaske, author of Achtung Baby: An American Mom on the German Art of Raising Self-Reliant Children "A sobering perspective on the costs of being labeled gifted as a child, told in the form of highly engaging first-person stories. This book will make an important contribution to our thinking about gifted education.""—Ellen Winner, professor emerita, Dept of Psychology & Neuroscience, Boston College ""Here's a book by and about a group of people that I am extremely eager to read about. Who are they? Is there a thread to their stories? Should parents hope for a 'gifted' kid or be glad when their kid is so-called 'average'? True questions! This may be the last education/parenting topic that hasn't had its big book yet. Bring it on!""—Lenore Skenazy, Author, Free-Range Kids ""Finally, a book that brings multiple perspectives to one of the oldest, most elitist problems of American education: the 'gifted' tracking system. These essays will resonate with many.""—Sara Zaske, author of Achtung Baby: An American Mom on the German Art of Raising Self-Reliant Children" Author InformationKaitlin Ugolik Phillips is a writer and editor living in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her work has appeared in Scientific American, LitHub, Narratively, Columbia Journalism Review, and many more. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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