Gifted Truths

When you think a person is gifted, do you think that means those children can accomplish anything, they have few problems, and they are all smart? Well, if you said yes to any of these, you would be wrong. According to familyeducation.com, and through my personal experiences, I can tell you with certainty that all these statements are myths about gifted children. (I should know, after all, I'm one of the gifted ones!) Now if I told you that gifted kids can sometimes just jump to an answer and not know how they got it, or if I said they can skip directions because they are boring, you would now answer myth, right? Wrong! Both of these facts, which come from the same site, are true facts about gifted kids. I have seen this several times in my time in school, especially in my gifted and talented class. Most of the students often skim over the directions, including myself, and some can also find alternative answers to problems. In math I often find a way to make the work less and less complex. If i see a pattern, I will try to find out how to duplicate the pattern, and never do the long algebraic equation.
When you are a gifted kid, there can be both positives and negatives. The down side to being gifted includes people expecting you to be a role-model, your peers call you a nerd, or some other name, and you always seem to never quite fit in. However, with greayt responsibility, comes great power. You can often finish homework early or comprehend the lesson much quicker than most. And although being gifted can be a burden, it can also be an incredible skill that will allow you to succeed!Being gifted lets you be advanced in a certain subject. Every one in our gifted and talented class has an area that they excell at. For some, its dance, others, computer tech. And it doesn't stop there. Everyone has something their good at, and some people have several. Explore in that subject, and you will learn fasted, do better, and become greater than you ever could have imagined.

New Year

Well I'm back from a wonderful summer. I'm finally back to posting for Rogate! So, for those of you who are new, let me talk about myself... I am Brandan Jennings, and I am now in the 9th grade. Now that I'm a freshman, ill be even busier. I like to play video games, especially Battlefield 3 and Skyrim. I love karate, and have a third degree black belt. I am on the freshman football team, which is fun. I also love tennis, and am trying out for varsity this spring. I love having free time, and I wish I had more. I love technology, however, it can be a huge pain. I like warm, sunny days. I also like the occasional cloudy day. Finally, I like the summer and December is my school year favorite month. However I dislike homework, ice storms, homework, not having enough time to sleep, bad school schedules, homework, not being heard and having a bad day or game in anything. Did I mention that I don't like home work? The highlights of my summer were all at Hershey, being my favorite vacationing spot. I rode the new coaster, Skyrush, and it was awesome. They did not have shoulder restraints so it felt like you were flying out! However, now that I'm back in school, I cant wait to do another twenty percent project. Its gonna be a great year!