In the classroom: ... And Still We Rise

Kathy Hargrove

This column is really from the classroom—right out of my graduate gifted education class, “Social and Emotional Needs of Gifted Students.” From my point of view—the professor’s—this is always an exciting course to teach because the experiences of the students enrich the knowledge and applications we discuss. This semester my class is particularly interesting. It’s diverse—in gender, in ethnicity, in grade levels taught, in degree programs being pursued, in the years of experience the students bring, and in the kinds of classrooms where my students work. Our group has elementary and secondary teachers; regular education, gifted specialists, special educators, and bilingual teachers; men and women; public school and private school teachers; an immigrant from West Africa—a colorful patchwork quilt of teachers.

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