Standards for Gifted Children (Education·People Volume) — U.S. New Lifestyle Series: Education·People Volume

Author: Han Xiaohui
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: All 80 authors of this book are from the United States. A small portion are native-born American Chinese, a small number are technical immigrants from Taiwan and Hong Kong, and the majority are students who came from mainland China after the 1980s. Except for a few, they are basically not writers or even people in the literary world; they are engineers, teachers, businesspeople, company employees, artists, workers, and housewives. Although writing is not their profession, it is also a way of life and expression for many of them.
Book Content: After my son attended the elementary school kindergarten for more than two months, the school sent home a notice announcing that there was a Gifted Center in the district, specifically recruiting children from local residents who showed exceptional learning abilities. The center was established in 1984 and provides full-day education for students. The teaching focuses on core subjects without a unified curriculum, catering to each student's abilities individually, complemented by field trips, expert lectures, and the use of special materials. I thought my son was only five years old and there was no need to artificially burden him with too much pressure. I would rather let him have more years of carefree happiness in his childhood and youth. After all, he was growing up in the United States, and whether he learned more or less in elementary and middle school, he would still go to college in the future and have a brilliant career. However, after reading the notice from that district, I found myself deeply interested and it sparked much reflection.