More Reasons Why Many Gifted Children Underachieve in School?

… and is it really underachievement?

Last Week’s Sunday night post was about two topics

o Poor Fit Between Some Teachers and Gifted Children

o Why and How Gifted Students Learn Poor Study Habits

Today’s follow-up post is about three main topics:

o Not Showing Enough Effort
o Disorganization
o Not Paying Attention in Class — Being Distracted and Distractible

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Not Showing Enough Effort

The people giving the descriptions are the mother or father of a gifted child who volunteered to work with me as I wrote about their experiences. These are all pseudonyms from my longitudinal study work. And no, things never seem to change in schools for very long and with great exceptions.

By the time parents begin seeking help for their gifted children out- side of the schools, they have usually had complaints from…