Saturday, July 17, 2010

Dr. Amos Wilson (1941-1995) Discusses Education of Gifted Children

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP99H_d_0JI&NR=1

If this were a class for gifted White children, the scene would have gone down something like this:

A four-year-old was able to spell: bizarre, fiduciary, mendacious, salacious, nepotism, asphyxiophilia and necrophagy.

Upon examination, she demonstrated to the satisfaction of all present that she knew the definitions of all of the terms.

However, tried as she might; she was neither capable of spelling the word, nor understanding the concept of, defrocked.

Doreen Ellen Bell-Dotan, Tzfat, Israel
DoreenDotan@gmail.com