Post-High School Education Outcomes for Level Two Gifted (Highly Gifted)

Level Two people are in the gifted to highly gifted range of advanced learners.

How much does previous background and “good fit” affect their options and choices by the time they finish high school and go on for post-secondary education and enter their careers?

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 Two: The Conventionally Gifted

People in the Level Two range, as with those in the Level One range, are also in the what I call the Conventionally Gifted range. I chose the term “conventionally gifted” to describe the first three Levels because most teachers and most students have had such gifted students in their classes. These are the people others think of as smart and most likely gifted. Within the Conventional range are Levels One, Two and Three.