{"id":345391,"date":"2023-04-12T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/the-3-biggest-school-difficulties-faced-by-gifted-children\/"},"modified":"2023-04-12T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T09:00:00","slug":"the-3-biggest-school-difficulties-faced-by-gifted-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/the-3-biggest-school-difficulties-faced-by-gifted-children\/","title":{"rendered":"The 3 Biggest School Difficulties Faced by Gifted Children"},"content":{"rendered":"

Contrary to popular belief, gifted children will not necessarily excel at school, nor will they necessarily thrive there. Indeed, in our collective imagination, academic success is directly linked to intelligence<\/strong>. Yet<\/strong> many other skills also come into play<\/strong>, such as social skills, emotional regulation, behavioural control, the desire to learn, and more. Let’s explore the 3 main difficulties faced by a gifted (HP) child at school.<\/p>\n

The boredom of an intellectually precocious child<\/h2>\n

Thanks to their above-average IQ, gifted children think fast, naturally making connections between prior knowledge and new information. As a result, they memorise and understand faster than others. Like an adult sitting in a Year 1 (CP) class<\/strong>, they quickly get bored<\/a>, becoming restless or distracted or, conversely, switching off and getting lost in their thoughts. As a result, they miss information and build up gaps<\/strong> in their knowledge…<\/p>\n

“During lockdown, Lily-Anne was in control of her own learning pace. Where her classmates needed three four-hour lessons to grasp a concept, she needed one hour<\/strong>. The rest of the time, she read… Going back to school was impossible,”<\/em> says the girl’s father[1]<\/a>. Being ahead is not a false problem!<\/p>\n

Lack of effort and study methods when learning<\/h2>\n

A gifted child doesn’t need to put in much effort<\/strong> to learn to read or count; key concepts are learned implicitly, without difficulty. But once they reach a certain school level, their intellectual “head start” is no longer enough. Without willpower and self-discipline, they struggle to cope with the workload<\/strong> that their classmates had to build up gradually throughout primary school.<\/p>\n

For Gaspard, a 14-year-old boy, when the gifted diagnosis came in, “I was tempted to think: ‘Oh great, I’m a genius.’ But I feel less intelligent than average<\/strong> and I don’t have any particular abilities…”<\/em>1<\/sup> A gifted child often feels out of step, frustrated, poorly suited<\/strong> to the French school system<\/a>… Being ahead is not a false problem!<\/p>\n

The extreme sensitivity of a gifted child<\/h2>\n

Intellectually advanced, a gifted child can very quickly appear emotionally immature<\/strong>: the gap between their level of reasoning and their emotional development can be a source of great suffering. Extremely sensitive<\/strong>, intolerant of injustice<\/strong>, and touchy<\/strong>, they often develop interests very different from those of their classmates—a tendency that can lead to isolation and social difficulties<\/strong>…<\/p>\n

Clarence, 14, remembers: “In Year 4 (CE2), I became depressed. I had no friends<\/strong>, I was bored in class, and I said I wanted to die. They had me take the test. I skipped a year, it was a bit better, but my friends bullied me. When I got a good grade, people would say: ‘It’s easy for you.'”<\/em>1<\/sup> Being ahead is not a false problem…<\/p>\n

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Don’t hesitate to put your gifted child in touch with one of our <\/strong>psychologists<\/strong> <\/a>: available online on the Ora-Visio platform, our professionals understand the challenges behind these intellectual abilities and can offer them knowledgeable, attentive support<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

[1]<\/a> Citation: https:\/\/www.nouvelobs.com\/societe\/20230105.OBS67948\/a-l-ecole-des-hauts-potentiels-j-ai-l-impression-d-etre-un-pokemon.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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