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Hoagies' Blog Hop: Other Achievement
 Other Achievement: when
your child doesn't achieve where you hope. Call it
underachievement. Or non-scholastic achievement. Or
scholastic non-achievement. What is a parent or teacher to do
when the gifted child they know and love isn't accomplishing in
school what we know they can? And other achievement isn't just
about gifted kids... what about gifted adults? Gifted elders?
We all achieve, but it's not always what others are expecting!
Don't miss our previous Blog Hops,
including
How and When to Ask For Help and
The "G"
Word.
If you'd like to read all our past Blog Hops or join our next Blog Hop, visit
Blog Hops for our past and future topics.
Special thanks to Pamela S. Ryan for our striking Blog Hop graphics!
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My16th Fear: Never Having a College Degree by Jen,
repurposed
genealogy
- When comparing my attainments to those of my gifted peers, I feel like a
slacker, but I shouldn't. My dreams for the future weren't to be a
cardiovascular surgeon, Harvard Law graduate, or physician. Those dreams
belonged to my friends, and I'm proud that they've met them.
At nearly 40...
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 Elusive
Love Affair: Achievement from an Elder’s Perspective by
Joy Navan, ongiftedelders
- For most gifted elders, achievement – or perceived underachievement – has
been like an elusive love affair, wrought with periods of intense creative
productivity and hindered at times by the realities of the human condition.
It is my observation that this is the path travelled by many gifted elders.
Allow me to explain...
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 Gifted
Achievement: Breaking Free of that Proverbial Box by Catie,
My Little Poppies
- The word gifted conjures images of neatly wrapped packages. It implies
that you have been given something, something that gives you a leg-up over
others.
Something better.
But the thing is, gifted children are not better than their peers, they are
just different. And just like other populations that differ significantly
from the norm, gifted children need support in order to thrive...
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Bachelor of Bouncing, Doctor of Daydreaming
by Jo on Sprite's Site
- Columbus Cheetah had the Feetspeak Quest map and Prof Francoys Gagne’s
DMGT model diagram spread out and was trying to plot a path for Sprite from
innate giftedness to fully developed talent.
“We can provide her with support and make opportunities available” Columbus
was saying “But there are still speed humps and difficulties to overcome.
Being 2E does complicate matters...
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Other Achievements by
Adventures of Hahn
Academy
- Despite what people think, many who are gifted don’t achieve within the
traditional school comparisons. Yes, they have high IQ’s and some even crazy
high IQ’s, but some hide in the cracks or actually fail in school. Not all
gifted students get straight A’s. Not all gifted students are even motivated
by grades. Not all gifted students are excellent test takers...
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 Pressure,
Paralysis And Your Great Potential by Paula Prober,
Your Rainforest Mind
- Have people repeatedly accused you of not living up to your potential?
Were you called an underachiever when your grades in school were not A's?
Are people shocked and disappointed that you didn't become a Nobel prize
winning neurosurgeon? Are you convinced that all of the talk of giftedness
was not meant for you and your real IQ test must've been eaten by aliens?...
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 Who
is the gifted underachiever? Four types of underachievement by
Gail Post in
Gifted Challenges
- Most young gifted children are a ball of energy, full of life, curious,
intense, and driven. Then reality sets in. They confront the limitations of
school, peer pressure, others' expectations and their own fears, and some
scale back their drive. Their intrinsic love of learning seems to vanish
overnight...
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The Catch-22 of Gifted Underachievement by
The Fissure
- Imagine you’re a school counselor, and you have parents sitting in your
office. They say their child isn’t being challenged in school. They ask you
to arrange higher level differentiation, enrichment, or subject
acceleration.
At home, they say, the child shows ability far above her grade level. Prior
testing identified her for gifted services. You agree to investigate
options, and you speak to the child’s teacher... who shows you the child’s
work. It’s full of careless errors, some of it is incomplete, and the
child’s grades have dropped...
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The Path to
Achievement by
The Common Mom
- We had her tested and when we got the results of the IQ tests, whoa. This
kid has potential.
Potential is one heavy word. Potential means possibilities. Big
possibilities. Maybe game changer possibilities. It's like finding out your
pee-wee football player has the same potential as Peyton Manning. She is
capable of so much and as a parent it’s my job to help her get there. No
pressure.
How do you change all that raw potential into achievement?
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 Rethinking
Achievement | Helping Gifted Kids Thrive at Home by Colleen on
Raising Lifelong Learners
- Raising a lifelong learner takes courage, and a certain trust in following
your gifted child’s lead. Remember that gifted children think differently
than same age, neurotypical children. They are asynchronous and often have
their own agendas...
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Giftedness and the Myth of Meritocracy by
Gift-Ed Connections
- You see, I live and work in a system purports that “good grades” will get
you into “good schools” which in turn will get you the “good jobs” and if
you learn this early, the world is yours. Most believe for a gifted student,
this should be a piece of cake and for many it is. The problem with
propagating this myth is that there are no guarantees and what happens when
the curveballs or dead ends come? What happens when an individual fails to
see the myth and instead believes that the failing is in themselves? Do we
have a responsibility to debunk myths?
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Move the Rock by
Aurora Remember
- One of the concepts I really appreciated was the idea of "moving the
rock." When asked what he would do if he knew that someone he was really
frustrated with was doing the best he could, a man said, "Then move the
rock."
When asked to explain, he said, "I have to stop kicking the rock. I need to
move it. It's hurting both of us..."
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 Beyond
Achievement by
Ann Grahl, Supporting Gifted
Learners
- As a high school senior, he was finally nearing the place he’d wanted to
be since kindergarten—somewhere else. Institutionalized education was never
a good fit, and he was ready to break out. But his fantasized version of the
afterlife crashed into dull reality—when his scorned daydreaming became
unappreciated vision...
| If you'd like to read all our past Blog Hops or join our next Blog Hop, visit
Blog Hops for our past and future topics.
Special thanks to Pamela S. Ryan for our striking Blog Hop graphics!
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Updated
December 01, 2020
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