An additional Cartoon:

Imagine a classroom from the end of the 19th century.  The teacher, wearing a ruffled collar and a long skirt, has a pointer in her hand and a stern look of displeasure on her face.  In front of her two small boys in old-fashioned clothes are running around out of their seats playing with small airplanes.  She says, "Wilbur, Orville, stop that this instant!"  Ah, the Wright brothers providing a "challenge" for their teacher.  I have had groups of educators brainstorm how the teacher may have encouraged the behavior instead of squelching it.  The suggestions ranged from a field trip to their father's bike shop, to a paper airplane making project and a fly-off at recess, to a demonstration of their skills for the whole class at an appropriate time.   What might Tom's teacher above do to encourage appropriate directions for his "charge"?

What passing or sustained interests may lead to a career?  A parent I know did not value the Legoª building skills of her child.   Nevertheless he became an architectural engineer, building bridges and following his passion in spite of her not providing expanded opportunities to create and build.   Many individuals have been misunderstood by those who saw their gifts as deficits or failed to see a gift at all.  The short list  Who are the Gifted? illustrates this point.

The exploration for this rule is a review of a research article in the area of your interest.  Link to Librarian Paula McMillan's page created for this assignment.  The form for this review will be the same as for the one associated with Rule Three:    The review should begin with a reference in APA format, include a one sentence description of the item and the reason you choose the piece.  At the end list five questions you have for either the author or the producer or the audience.  When this is completed, copy your review into an email and send it to the course instructor.  It will be checked for correct grammar, spelling and APA format and posted on the web in the course Annotated Bibliography.