Gifted-ish : women and nonbinary writers on intelligence, identity and education / edited by Kaitlin Ugolik Phillips.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Phillips, Kaitlin Ugolik, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gifted children--United States.

Gifted children.

Intersectionality (Sociology)--United States.

Intersectionality (Sociology).

Physical Description:

x, 202 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2024]

Summary:

"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 role of the "gifted" label. This work offers personal accounts from diverse voices, each one considered a "gifted kid" in their youth, and considers questions of identity, inequality, poverty, racism, and more. Essays address the dangers of praising achievements over efforts, imposter syndrome, intelligence as identity, and why even the smartest among us often feel like failures, among many other topics"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes blibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781476692425

1476692424

OCLC:

1409212189

Publisher Number:

90101224618