{"product_id":"giftedish-9781476692425","title":"Giftedish","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Much is made of the test scores, earning power, and innovative contributions of highly intelligent kids, but we rarely ask what it''s actually like to be gifted. In a culture obsessed with exceptionalism, sorting by intelligence has become an educational norm, leading thousands of American students to be ushered through (or noticeably left out of) advanced academic programs. Stereotypes and generalizations about these students--from the socially inept genius to the high-strung overachiever-have filled the gap in data about who they are apart from what they achieve. At a time of educational upheaval and rapidly declining youth mental health, former gifted kids--particularly women and nonbinary people also wrestling with questions of identity, inequality, and parenthood--are reckoning with the gifted label.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   This work offers personal accounts from diverse voices, each one considered a gifted kid in their youth, and considers questions of identity, inequality, poverty, racis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA sobering perspective on the costs of being labeled gifted as a child, told in the form of highly engaging first-person stories. This book will make an important contribution to our thinking about gifted education.\"—Ellen Winner, professor emerita, Dept of Psychology \u0026amp; Neuroscience, Boston College \"Here's a book by and about a group of people that I am extremely eager to read about. Who are they? Is there a thread to their stories? Should parents hope for a 'gifted' kid or be glad when their kid is so-called 'average'? True questions! This may be the last education\/parenting topic that hasn't had its big book yet. Bring it on!\"—Lenore Skenazy, Author, \u003ci\u003eFree-Range Kids\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Finally, a book that brings multiple perspectives to one of the oldest, most elitist problems of American education: the 'gifted' tracking system. These essays will resonate with many.\"—Sara Zaske, author of \u003ci\u003eAchtung Baby: An American Mom on the German Art of Raising Self-Reliant Children\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Desirable Difficulties\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKaitlin Ugolik Phillips\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I: Go Big or Go Home\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn My Own Terms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAleenah Ansari\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCycle of Transgressions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSheryl Carlson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScapegoat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrooke J. Knisley\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Art of Stunting Trees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBunny McFadden\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II: Who Do You Think You Are?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Very Worst Girl in the Family\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmy Challenger\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHonorary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmanda Lehr\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the Shoulders of Giants\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSophie Strosberg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFight Song\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmy Lee Lillard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart III: Labels and Levels\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSkipping Third Grade and Part of My Childhood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCandy Schulman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwice Exceptional\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEve Z. Crevoshay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoxes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSondi Warner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eToo Young to Qualify\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMichele Weldon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDouble-Demoted\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMandy Shunnarah\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart IV: Breaking the Cycle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGatekept\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLaura Wheatman Hill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Language of Learning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJennifer Dines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Desk of My\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMelissa A. Watkins\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Wanted My Child to Be a Child\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAimee Seiff Christian\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040518209879,"sku":"9781476692425","price":48.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476692425.jpg?v=1750946994","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/giftedish-9781476692425","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}