Gifted-Ish : Women and Nonbinary Writers on Intelligence, Identity and Education.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillips, Kaitlin Ugolik.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gifted children--United States.

Gifted children.

Intersectionality (Sociology)--United States.

Intersectionality (Sociology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated 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.

Contents:

Cover

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

Part I: Go Big or Go Home

On My Own Terms

Cycle of Transgressions

Scapegoat

The Art of Stunting Trees

Part II: Who Do You Think You Are?

The Very Worst Girl in the Family

Honorary Boy

On the Shoulders of Giants

Fight Song

Part III: Labels and Levels

Skipping Third Grade and Part of My Childhood

Twice Exceptional

Boxes

Too Young to Qualify

­Double-Demoted

Part IV: Breaking the Cycle

Gatekept

The Language of Learning

A Desk of My Own

I Wanted My Child to Be a Child

About the Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4766-5132-9