thanks Jesse - insent

Is there a difference between "gifted" and "talented?"

enough I guess to warrant both being used in the same sentence for G&T programs when I was growing up? Talented being that motley group who are not quite gifted?

oh, it didn't sound like reproach - it made me laugh.

I am hoping an LA trip this year if finances work out.

sarameg & lisah - hope you get home safely. sounds like there are fools on 83 already.

It is FREEZING in my office. I'm tempted to go nab the heater from my coworker's, who is in the hospital right now, office. I feel a bit like a vulture though.

Talented being that motley group who are not quite gifted?

That doesn't sound right. Talented is a different sort of exceptional than gifted, not a different degree.

She says through her hat.

The whole "being good" (or not) at something has always bugged. You hear it all the time as a language teacher.

Which I guess makes sense because language can be very mathematical and some people just aren't good at math. @@@

A friend just sent me this link which I definitely dug: HEMA is a Dutch department store. The first store opened on November 4, 1926, in Amsterdam. Take a look at HEMA's product page. You can't order anything and it's in Dutch, but just wait a couple of seconds and watch what happens. [link]

For some reason, I think lisah is out of town. Did get an alert that Cold Spring was closed which pretty much sucks as it is part of my drive home and I hate Northern in bad weather.

But hopefully it'll be clear by the time I leave. While a lot came down in a small period of time, it isn't that bad. OTOH, other people...well, they are that bad.

Oh & thanks!

We've found that especially in the Gifted/High ability magnet a fair number of kids have what the author would deem a set mindset, that kids think they should be able to do something because they are smart or good at it. When they struggle then it means they are not smart or good at that skill set.

Too true. I rush to state that it wasn't my parents' fault: they did TRY to get me to push, and they did TELL me that, but it was so frustrating for me when mental things didn't click in an instant like everything else did. Areas where I know I suck (physical activity) I'm able to push through the frustration barrier, but mental areas, it's much harder to do that. As a kid, I never felt accomplished when I finally figured out X, Y, or Z tough mental task. Just relieved that it was over. Which as it turns out was probably a combination of mild learning differences and being so-called profoundly gifted. Recipe for disaster! Woo!

It's easier now, and the click makes me happy, but I'm also much less high-strung and prone to tantrums than I was in my childhood.

Scrappy, I know I've seen that link before, and for some reason I swear it was from you.