Thinking Back

I was in many gifted classes during my K-12 years in Fauquier County. As a result of this class, I have done a lot of thinking about the types of projects and lessons my own G/T teachers provided.

I think my English 10 G/T teacher, Mrs. Madden, did an exceptional job providing our class with differentiated instruction and modified projects. She often gave us choices for projects and these choices ran such a spectrum that no matter what our interests, we could find something appropriate and exciting to do.

Another teacher I remember well is Mrs. Hall from elementary school. I still talk to her and even gave her daughter swimming lessons a few years ago. Her teaching methods really stuck with me, both as a student and as a future teacher. In 6th grade each class had to prepare for an end of the year presentation and our class, being the G/T class, got to be extremely creative in our approach. She helped to make the mundane very exciting for us.

I think I have a positive outlook on gifted education mostly because of my own experiences with the program. This class has only furthered my position on its necessity.