By second grade I was enlisted by my teacher to sit with other students and help them with their reading because I finished the reading packets and activities for the week so quickly. It felt like punishment, especially as a kid who didn’t like to be marked as different. She could have given me

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... but we had everything from remedial to future "G&T" kids like me who were 5 grades ahead. And that also varied by topic! Some kids were better with reading, some with math. Of course, this required class sizes < 20 kids.

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"Gifted children should be forced to work as teachers for less capable students rather than allowed to learn at their own pace" is, I suppose, a take.

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I was a clue on Jeopardy! I think this means I made it, right. That’s the top of the mountain.

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Siraya, an Indigenous language declared extinct in the 19th century, is now being taught in 26 schools in Taiwan. Siraya activist Uma Talavan & her husband Edgar Macapili spent over 20 years reconstructing the language. buff.ly/2roj7FB #ShareGoodNewsToo

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