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Gifted Adults
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Written by Lisa Lauffer
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Wednesday, 11 November 2009 04:38 |
Over the summer I had the privilege of prototyping my new coaching program for gifted adults with a couple of encouraging, engaged (and engaging!) friends. I was pleasantly surprised by what I learned, most of which supported the research I've done and the services I plan to offer.
I was also surprised by the response of one friend's husband. Himself a gifted grownup, he said to his wife (my prototype client) "Really? You're going to look into your giftedness as an adult? Really?" In other words, "What's the point?"
Other than him calling into question the entire focus of my coaching practice, I understand. In fact, I understand a great deal. For those of us who have felt out-of-step with the mainstream all our lives, why look into the potential of giftedness and where it might lead us in the future? After all, whether identified as gifted children or not, I'd venture to say we all experienced misunderstanding, confusion, and rejection. Why bring all that up again? What impact could it possibly have on us as adults? Isn't "gifted" just a label we use to understand our quirky kids and attempt to obtain the educational interventions they need...and not a label relevant to adulthood?
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 November 2009 19:47 |
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Gifted Adults
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Written by Dan Fearnley
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Tuesday, 03 November 2009 15:13 |
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I was just thinking about some advice I was given, and I thought I would write it down. Giving advice is uncomfortable for me; but I do it often enough anyway, so I can't play coy. This particular bit of wisdom is not mine, but I'm sharing it. I've condensed it from some things a very important old pipe-smoking man taught me over the period of time I knew him into my own interpretation. He taught me that there are three things we need to do in life to be alive: The first is to take care of business (survive), the second is to take care of ourselves (thrive) and the third is to take a purpose (derive).
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Gifted Children
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Written by SueBlue
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Friday, 11 September 2009 14:23 |
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One lament that pops up every so often is what to do with some obviously bright kid who is failing and underachieving at school, and I certainly recognize my own situation in many of the articles and stories I have read.
The phenomena with regard to these kids seems to run along the following lines:
1. Teacher presents work which the student has already encountered on his own initiative possibly several years before. Having read the material out of his own interest, his private study may well have taken him more deeply into the subject than regular school lessons will be likely to cover. Student inwardly sighs and thinks, "What a waste of lesson time, I covered this earlier".
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Last Updated on Saturday, 12 September 2009 14:48 |
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Gifted Children
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Written by Sharon Barnes
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Thursday, 10 September 2009 04:26 |
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The quilt, finished except for the label, was a small burgundy, mauve and ivory watercolor heart-shaped wall hanging. It took many moons to make, and I was tempted to skip the label. Painters sign their work on the front; quilt artists make a label for the back. But I just wanted to be done with it. I hate making quilt labels, because I never know what to say on them. So I pinned the quilt on my design wall, sat down to consider it, and asked myself: "What have we here?"
The next moment, I was listening with my memory. I heard:
"Hands on myself.
What have I here?
This is my hatracker, my mother dear.
Hatracker, hatracker,
Micky, Micky, Micky moo.
That's what we learned in the school."
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Last Updated on Saturday, 12 September 2009 16:50 |
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