You have likely heard this term many times. It is in reference to people who have a certain skill that goes beyond what is seen as the norm. I don't like this term at all. In education it is often used to refer to kids that seem to excel in school. They're seen as the peak of intelligence. I think everyone has the potential to be gifted in something, but a lot of the skills people have the potential in aren't cultivated. The education system, in the U.S. specifically, marginalizes everything. We're expected to have certain skills in order to be successful. If you don't, you're just not "Gifted" enough. Then on the opposite side of the spectrum, people that are labeled in this way have their own problems. The weight of being labeled as Gifted is not something to take lightly. Now you can't mess up at all because everyone expects you to do amazingly. You are believed to have great potential and to be successful even if you have another idea for the path you want to take. This weight builds and all of a sudden you believe you have to always act perfectly in order to hold up this image of being Gifted. You want to follow people's expectations. Either way, the label of being gifted is bad. It either makes you feel dumb or like the weight of the world is on your shoulders. It is a lose-lose situation. What do you think?
Submitted August 29, 2025 at 08:33AM by IpinapaPizza https://ift.tt/fseUjS4
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