Intelligent children are often regarded as fair game to be mocked, mockery or even bullied at school. What should be seen as a gift can become a "deterioration" that makes them stand out from the crowd. Gail Trimble as the Oxford student who dazzled in the final round of University Challenge, which was labeled as a ’SWOT’ and ’know-it-all "like other children are alienated with insults’ donkey’ and ’thick .
These nicknames may seem trivial, but the directors believe that clever children are often more sensitive and wants to dismantle the myth that adolescents bright thrive in whatever situation. A pioneering group of heads of prestigious schools including Eton, St Paul’s and Dulwich College, has announced that it will establish a pressure group to protect and promote the interests of "gifted and talented" students.
The cross-sector of the Alliance for Curriculum for Excellence will be a voice for the brightest children in the United Kingdom. Its founders believe that this group of children has been neglected. They want independent and grammar schools to do everything possible to feed them – no matter what their background.
The fear factor
While some confidence, strong-willed adolescent care cannot believe what their peers, many others who do not conform to highlight a target of bullies because of perceived smugness or exceptional talent. Even in independent schools, which are renowned for celebrating success, there is anecdotal evidence suggests that the fear factor may inhibit achievement.
But this stigma is a particularly British phenomenon, and there’s something schools can do to cool to be smart? Jeremy Evans, deputy head at the High School Wembley High Technology, gave an opening speech to the Alliance for Curriculum for Excellence conference this month. Ten years ago his school to fight, today is heavily oversubscribed.
"Our intake has not changed in that time," says Mr. Evans. "More than one third of our children are eligible for free school meals, speak 56 different languages and three quarters of the students do not have English as their first language. However, it is now the culture of the school which children who achieve the highest standards are the best in the school community. "
This can be attributed to the young, ambitious staff. A quarter of teachers are recent graduates of top universities, said Mr Evans. School students are encouraged to take several GCSEs early, and if they fail to Reşit an A or A * grade. Last summer 88 percent of those who achieved GCSEs at least five good grades – well above the national average.
Bright children need support
There are indications, however, that children are trying to hide their intelligence from their classmates could jeopardize their grades. Martin Stephen, High Master of St. Paul School and one of the instigators of the alliance, said that children need an intelligent spokesperson. "One of the biggest mistakes of the past 20 years was assumed that the most capable of succeeding," he says. "This cannot recognize that most children are a category of special needs. They need someone to look and speak for them."
It is this horrible premise that if you’re smart you well, but often these children do not want to be out of the crowd. It is not always cool to be smart. Research in the U.S. shows that up to one third of children smart keep a low profile. "
Dr. Stephen added: "The mistake of ignoring them is not one that is made by India or China. Intellectual capacity is one of the few natural resources we have left, and that carbon replica. These children need a champion. Inteligencia runs through race, gender, religion and background. "
Trimble and the team were ousted because of jealousy …? The fear of being embarrassed in front of the class labeled by exceptionally talented, was illustrated by a student at Beauchamp College, a school in Leicester, which has forged links with Eton.
Richard Park, the head teacher, sought the opinion of their brightest students in their education. One of them said: "I do not like the idea of being identified as gifted and talented – I absolutely hate it."
Trimble hit
While this may seem sad, one only has to look at the recent treatment of Gail Trimble, as an illustration of our culture of "no one likes a show-off". Some bloggers described as a line, or smuggling immensely annoying. Another wrote: "When you’re dealing with a Trimble, you just know that people have sneered at the thick and the ’thick’, I mean people who do not know as much as it is practically the whole world, its own team.
"I love seeing these spods a rare moment in the sun. God knows he has enough bullied at school. They probably are. His skill in the examination room is their only form of a flexible muscle.
Perhaps the creation of a lobby group for children living in some way to help change this mindset, and encourage universal celebration of exceptional talent.
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