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hippoluvr24 · 2025-04-15T19:44:45+00:00

Well, first of all, they’re definitely not mentally adults in minors’ bodies. Learning faster doesn’t equate to more social/emotional maturity and in fact can sometimes be the opposite.

To answer your question, though, the biggest struggle is not accepting “you will learn about this topic in greater detail when you’re older, but for now it’s time to move on” as an answer. And, to be fair, I get it, but I can’t do much about it in the moment.

we_gon_ride · 2025-04-15T19:46:39+00:00

Im a 7th grade English teacher.

A few of my gifted students act like they can never be wrong.

We were writing a research paper and I was trying to teach them how to do an in-text citation.

Several of my students raised their hands and explained to me that I was wrong and proceeded to tell me how to do it right.

I pulled up a website and showed them that my way was correct but they kept the dubious looks on their faces.

This happened with other things like italicizing book titles and sentence structure like simple, complex etc,

They are just as immature as their reg Ed counterparts

ChoiceReflection965 · 2025-04-15T20:01:00+00:00

The biggest struggles with young gifted students are generally that they have trouble admitting when they are wrong, they have trouble asking for help, and they have trouble not being perfect. These are the students who will have a meltdown because they earned an A- on an assignment instead of an A. Usually, though, as they grow and face life’s challenges, they will mature out of these issues. The real problem comes in when they DON’T mature and grow into adults who have the same issues, lol! But generally, they figure it out just fine and become well-adjusted grown-ups.

There’s no such thing as people who are “mentally adults in students’ bodies” though, lol. Kids are kids! Regardless of how well they happen to do in school.

TeacherLady3 · 2025-04-15T20:17:29+00:00

I've noticed they are typically anxious, or arrogant, or lack common sense/life skills. Sometimes all 3.

South-Sheepherder-39 · 2025-04-15T19:45:49+00:00

They tend to be arrogant. Not always, but this is a tendency. Smarter does not equal wiser

Ok_Lake6443 · 2025-04-15T20:06:44+00:00

I teach a class of 30 students labeled gifted. Content-wise it can be tricky staying ahead of them. Emotionally they are their ages.

There can be a level of arrogance if it's allowed, but sometimes that's hard not to have. The reality is they are really good at school. We support others recognizing their abilities in sports, writing, acting, etc. but often when it comes to intelligence they are labeled "arrogant". The average IQ in my classroom is 128. That's the equivalent of having a 100 with the rest of the class at 72.

The biggest lesson I teach them is failure. Some get to me having never failed and they don't know how to deal with it. I actually find activities where they can't succeed at the stated or assumed goal, but my goal is for them to struggle. If they never learn productive struggle they are destined to failure.

Artz-RbB · 2025-04-15T20:22:31+00:00

Because their brains are working faster & they perceive information from all sources so easily they can be extra sensitive & empathetic. The opposites of Karen’s.

jmjessemac · 2025-04-15T20:48:54+00:00

At the very young levels it’s the belief that it’s impossible that they’re wrong or that whatever they make up on the spot must be true. Source: my kids

Bulky_Rope_7259 · 2025-04-15T21:08:04+00:00

Remember that even if the students are considered gifted and talented emotionally, they are still kids. The child prodigiesyou speak of are extremely rare. I taught for 22 years and I only had one child that I would consider a prodigy.

iplaytrombonegood · 2025-04-15T19:53:47+00:00

It varies as much as any other group of students. Some of my most skilled students are the kindest, most wonderful kids to work with. Some are absolute pricks.

Lillythewalrus · 2025-04-15T20:06:42+00:00

Really high anxiety, they hold themselves to a very high standard and get distressed when something doesn’t come as easy. Imo what makes an adult (other than age) is lived experience so from what ive seen gifted kids don’t exactly act like adults. They also all act wildly different from kid to kid

Unique-Day4121 · 2025-04-15T19:57:57+00:00

I run into two primary issues:

When they are introduced to something they do not understand or pickup super quickly they do not know what to do.
They think they know something better than they actually do. This often results in work being submitted that is incorrect either because they did it improperly or did not read the directions about the objective.

Olive0121 · 2025-04-15T20:06:38+00:00

Being talented and being competent are not the same.

doughtykings · 2025-04-15T20:24:59+00:00

My gifted students are the only well behaved ones

NimanderTheYounger · 2025-04-15T22:51:19+00:00

See OP? Loaded question. Google up 'begs the question'.

phoenix-corn · 2025-04-15T20:29:43+00:00

Kids being smart does not immediately translate into being a good leader, or even the right leader for a group. Putting a kid in charge of a group of peers could be a positive experience, or it could lead to just absolutely tons of bullying. Don't put gifted kids into situations you wouldn't put one of their less gifted peers in unless you know it's going to be a good experience for them.

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What unique challenges do you have with gifted student prodigies that you don't have with regular students? Do they act like adults stuck in younger bodies? Are they like miniature Karens?

What unique challenges do you have with gifted student prodigies that you don't have with regular students? Do they act like adults stuck in younger bodies? Are they like miniature Karens?

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