Deb Douglas
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first heard Sep 2018
last heard Sep 2018
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a reason behind what she wanted.
The principal said, Oh yeah, okay, we can do that.
That's not a problem.
So so often for our students the understanding of themselves and what their needs are and to be able to articulate it clearly to a supportive adult means the difference between a plan that succeeds and a plan that fails.
Perfectly said, Debbie.
Thank you.
That's exactly it.
And and our support, whether we're educators or parents or grandparents or friends around them, is is what helps them get through those non successful attempts, rethink them, and decide, okay, is this something I still wanna pursue or am I okay leaving this one aside and I will have a new goal?
Um in the workshop
By the afternoon, the students each have selected a goal of something that they would like to change.
Either a short-term goal of changing something immediate now or for next year, or a long-term goal, but a specific goal.
And then they create an an action plan around that goal.
I've discovered that most of their goals fall into kind of four categories.
Many of the kids want a a more appropriate challenge in one area or another.
Some students want to explore an interest that isn't currently in front of them.
Maybe it's something that's not offered in their school or they just don't have the opportunity or the means of exploring it.
Thirdly, some students want time with more time with other kids like themselves.
In in US public schools, most of our gifted kids are not in gifted schools.
Or gifted classrooms or even gifted cluster groups.
the vast majority in public education are still in heterogeneous classrooms and
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