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Post-High School Education Outcomes for Level Five Gifted (Profoundly Gifted)
Profoundly gifted students are the least likely to get their needs met in our school systems, public or private.
How much does previous background and “good fit” affect the most highly intelligent among us? What are their options and choices by the time they finish high school and go on for post-secondary education and enter their careers? It matters hugely! There are so many who never get much of a chance.
Where any individual fits in his or her setting or environment depends, to a significant extent, on who else is there. That’s called the relativity of intelligence, of high giftedness. Having — or not having — access to true peers with whom they can share their ideas and easily understand each other can be a detriment to their progress. It can lead to other long-term issues, as well, so the goal is to help readers here see what some of these less-than-ideal outcomes are for the different Levels of Gifted.
We continue with Level Five: The Outliers
People in the Level Five range, as with those in the Level Four range, are also what I call the Outliers. As I wrote in earlier posts on this topic, I chose the term “conventionally gifted” to describe the first three Levels because most teachers and most students have had such gifted…
