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The Gifted Kids' Survival Guide for Ages 10 & Under By Judy GalbraithPamela Espeland ( Free Spirit Publishing )
Release Date: 1998-11
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 Not for Homeschoolers
I bought this book for my homeschooled 8-year-old, and was disappointed to discover that almost the entire book talked about how to handle school. GT classes, working with teachers to negotiate more suitable learning opportunities, how to survive on the playground and in regular classrooms -- all these topics were addressed, but none were relevant to my homeschooled son, who still has questions about how and why he thinks and perceives the world differently than other children.
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Not for twice-exceptional kids ( bxxxxwxxxxxdxxxxxxx )
This book was fun, quick read as an adult, since I could see myself in it. However, it is oriented to gifted kids without learning disabilities. I won't even bother to show this book to my twice-exceptional son. I think he would be alienated by the (sometimes smug) tone in a text that doesn't admit that learning disabilities exist. [perhaps this has been corrected in a later edition]
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 Good for gifted adults, too. ( rainqueen )
***This review is of the 1984 edition. ISBN 0-915793-00-8. Apparently, the book has been updated and republished many times.***
I've been doing some reading on giftedness lately, since I realized there are materials out there now that didn't exist when I was growing up. I am completely delighted with this book. It directly addresses both childhood experiences and issues gifted people continue to face as adults because, frankly, they're the same issues.
The list of reasons gifted kids get bored and frustrated in school reads like a litany of the reasons most adults are frustrated with work.
It's sad that we push gifted children to do everything they can to change and improve (and in a lot of cases, we step in to change it for them) the status quo in school settings, so they will not be stifled, repressed or dumbed down from a lack of freedom to Live Up To Their Full Potential, yet we expect intelligent, educated adults (not to mention gifted ones) to malinger all day long in cublicles / behind cash registers / in pointless meetings / etc., doing repetitive tasks ad nauseum, stripped of the autonomy to fully use their gifts or to make contextual decisions about how they would like to do so.
Adults, for some reason, are expected to accept that there will be retribution for having higher ethical and moral standards than the rest of their coworkers or for consistently contributing to people 'above them' in hierarchical chains ideas of better, more efficient ways to work. They're expected, if not forced, to hide their smarts and other gifts to stay employed.
That's got to change. Doesn't make much sense to raise and educate humans one way and then expect them to be entirely different as adults just for the sake of 'earning money', does it? This book is a very simple and direct reminder of that, and an affirmation of the common sense explanations of why it is so.
It's also interesting to note that the teasing experienced in school is no different from what goes on in the workplace or adult life in general. This book is like a smart, sane, honest peer encouraging you to stick up for your rights - and, yes, people of all ages do have a right to be different and to work and live at their own level instead of following the least common denominator. 'Corporate culture' be damned.
Gifted people exist to lead humanity forward, not to be bullied into conforming to the stupidities of the day. What would this country and this world be like if people were allowed to live up to their full potential *on a daily basis*?
The book is also a boost to the spirits with cute illustrations and room for adding to the text, coloring, drawing, whatever.
I checked this one out of the public library. I'd have loved to buy multiple copies, for myself and others. I think the gifted people I know - of all ages - would enjoy and find unexpected value in receiving this book as a gift. However, this is not the current edition available in print and I have not read the newest one. I'm not sure how they could have improved it but I look forward to perusing the current edition in a store sometime before purchasing.
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my son couldn't put this book down
When I ordered this book, my son took it with him where every we went. He read it and wrote in it for two days until he was finished. I'm glad I purchased this book, because I didn't know as much as I thought before I read it.
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Read it to my gifted students ( magic_kittycat )
I read and discussed this book with my gifted 3rd grade students. It is very informative but some of it was a bit over their heads. I really think that this book is better suited for 11-12 year olds. However, it did help me explain some of the issues which they face as well as terms related to being gifted which they had heard but never really understood.
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