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I was in a “gifted program” in 2nd grade and it was basically just dropping me in a higher grade’s class because I was breezing through the work. Eventually they just wanted to put me in 5th grade permanently but my parents wanted me to be with kids my age. I would’ve graduated at 14 but ended up a dropout bc of mental illness😭😭😭
What a life story!!! Hope you’re doing well today ❤ 😭 Side note, I think there may be a “gifted kid” >>>> mental health disorder/anxiety disorder pipeline lol. You’re not alone!!! ❤
This happens allllll too often. Gifted kids usually don’t end up doing good in high school because school doesn’t actually nurture those kids. They just want to keep kids busy and working. Usually those who shine brightest, burn the fastest.
That whole scene where the eggs Crack and reveal had me soooo weak! 😂 The little girl throwing the snake up in the air as if it was a bird to fly, then ultimately hits the ground, took me out. Especially the look on her face! 😳
I get the whole gifted program thing because tests can’t accurately reflect the broad spectrum of intelligence in some classes I was in advanced classes and others just regular agree with you rob
Same here. I think in high school it’s necessary for more advanced topics and college-level thinking if you’re there, but I don’t think primary school kids should be separated. If they’re more advanced they can skip a grade or take on additional material, but I think they should still be among their peers for the majority of the time. However, having experienced that myself I can understand feeling isolated and unchallenged for years and see why some may prefer a gifted program
@@mirb2093 also wanted to add, the “skipping a grade” isn’t always offered. At the primary school I work at, this isn’t allowed. In these cases, how do you propose this issue be addressed. As you mentioned, being unchallenged for years can be isolating. Ultimately, school should be for everyone, and kids whether they’re on the higher end, lower end, or somewhere in between should all have opportunities to access education that meets their needs.
@@summerangel107o Yeah I’m aware which is why I ultimately understand having the program for those children. I very distinctly remember how drained & honestly bored I felt in those classes compared to how much more prepared & encouraged I felt academically in later more challenging classes.
@@mirb2093 we can see the boredom as teachers. Unfortunately we’re always told to cater more towards the ones who are struggling 😔 - the system isn’t perfect. You summed it up perfectly.
I think they should have as little testing as possible because you don't do testing when you get out of school so it's not a skill you need in the real world. When you apply a job, they don't quiz you on the history of the company & grade you. You need to have skills or knowledge of some kind. So I think instead of all this testing, it would be more realistic and much more beneficial when kids can *show* their types of intelligences and what subjects they're better at in different ways. They can do a presentation, write an essay, do a group project, make a diorama, act out a historical event dramatically, or like Jacob did, make a rap based on it. All of those things demonstrate their knowledge instead of just getting the right answer on a quiz. There are so many ways for kids to show their intelligence and so many different types of intelligence. Some people are going to do really well in some subjects and some just aren't their strong suit. Take me, I'm fantastic at things like English, drama & art. But I'm terrible with math, science and technology. I'm also a people person with good interpersonal skills & I wanted to work with kids. So I have a job teaching preschoolers and I love to do art projects with them every day. While understand the gifted program can be a goal to work towards-and that is a real-life skill, to work towards a goal-some people being gifted & some people being not gifted I think just sets up people to be in competition with each other when they should really be focusing on their strength versus weaknesses and figuring out what those each are instead of worrying about what everyone else is doing & not feeling good enough.
Zuff, roasting isn't a bad thing really. Mainly in black culture it's just way to bond and joke, so those kids actually like Jacob. I used to grade my classmates work cause I'd finish quicker
I’m not Black American but African and roasting is how we communicated growing up, it’s not malicious at all just a fun way to pass time/show attention 😭
I feel like roasting only works when people are only calling out things that are benign enough to be considered normal in any other setting. Problem with kids is that sometimes they don't understand those boundaries, so they inevitably end up roasting someone about a deformity or a dead relative.
in elementary I was pulled out of class one day to take a test and I bombed it sooo bad because I was bored and didn't care and no one explained it was a test. I was in a remedial class for 6 months before they realized I was just bored😅
The gifted program's if handled correctly, can be great! My daughter was in the program at her public school, and they held some of the classes on Saturday mornings. The purpose was to engage them when some regular grade level lessons were not challenging them. She did well and moved on to Gifted and AP classes in middle and high school. And she stopped saying to me that school was boring 😅
As a teacher, I didn’t agree with this episode- gifted programs are meant to meet the needs of advanced students who unfortunately aren’t being challenged at all in the regular gen Ed class. Just the same as students who have IEPs and need specialized services to meet their needs. When you have students in elementary who read at a 12th grade level, always get done early, and in general aren’t challenged at all because the work is just too easy - I think there should be something, so they can be challenge, and taught at their level. It’s never meant to be something that makes other kids feel excluded or left out. I think in those instances, it’s still important to have engaging and effective lessons for gen Ed that will meet their level, so it doesn’t feel like other kids are “getting something” while others are not. I digress, I love that Gregory referred to “multiple intelligences” in this episode. Once you understand the best way you can learn and understand subjects, and new concepts - it gets easier, when information is presented to you in that way, as all of learning needs differ. Incorporating these as learning stations is one way to include more than 1 learning style in an individual lesson.
I was in advanced classes in school waaay back in the day, but it wasn’t referred to as gifted in my school. It was referred to as the High Honors Program and it was specified it was for students with top grades not only for testing. I don’t remember anyone feeling left out. All the kids that weren’t in the program felt fortunate they weren’t lol because we were studying some difficult stuff.
I think it's more about the gifted programs who give the "gifted" kids more creative opportunities to learn like trips cool experiments and tools , based on their scores
I was in the gifted program (from elementary to middle) and advanced classes in high school (I’m a struggling senior now). Yeah it’s not all it’s cracked up to be.
I was in the gifted program in elementary & middle school (S.P.A.C.E.) & had accelerated & advanced courses in high school. I loved the activities we did & still play some similar (logic) puzzles on my phone.
When I was in the gifted program we just played with brain puzzles and did extra projects (like extra work lol) so… I don’t think to was really worth lol. And I also ended up being one of those gifted kids that burnt out in my teens and had a inferiority complex with myself for the rest of my life cause I feel like Im not as smart as I used to be so… all around I don’t recommend gifted programs lol
I think even though life IS unfair and not everyone is treated equally in the world the one place that it SHOULDN'T be perpetuated is in school. That's like saying we should prepare our students to accept that the world is unfair by recreating unfair circumstances in the classroom
I was in advanced classes but for a long time I wasn’t and honestly for me school was so boring and easy that I didn’t pay attention and hardly showed up. I think having a gifted program is a good thing
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I didn’t pass the gifted student exams in elementary school. However, In elementary school my fourth grade class was blended with 5th graders. I would finish my 4th grade math then work on 5th grades math afterwards my teacher would have me grade homework for both classes. Only downside was going to 5th grade and being bored.
The baby snakes were cool, i think if Janine put the lid on it wouldve been okay. Great lesson in showing that snakes arent super scary, break a stereotype/fear.
I think the point was that, had they the luxury of a nice budget, they could do special things for all the children (and have a gifted program too). But, because they didn't, they didn't want kids who might already feel left out to feel more left out.
They tested in 3rd grade for the 4th in Maryland. I didn’t move to MD until the middle of 4th grade. I was placed in gifted after I scored perfect on the statewide Civics test and almost perfect on the other state tests. SMH
I’ve also never been good at taking standardized test. I actually fell asleep the first time I took the ACT and guessed on it at the last minute & made a better score than when I actually tried the next 3 times. I didn’t get into the advanced studies school bc I didn’t understand the questions & missed it by a few points. Standardized test are killing the education in America & Greg explained how they may be gifted in different things perfectly but the edu system here is set up to teach children to be obedient & not much else /:
Technically I wouldn't say the gifted program was for the "smart" kids, I was apart of it but sucked at math. It was just that we thought differently than the average person. We would go around about way to find the answer, like for most people they would go 2+2=4 whereas a gifted kid would be like 1+1=2 which means 2+2+=4. I never thought I was smarter than anybody else. Some kids in the program happened to geniuses, some, like me were creative thinkers who would still suck at a certain subject. It works best if the school acknowledge it but made sure to help the kids understand that nobody was less than the others. We just had to have a creative way of teaching us and doing things.
For me, I hate being bored, was always trying to find something to do. Gifted class gave me that, we did a lot of projects and brain work. It is said or believed that most gifted Kids are ADHD
Teachers often have no time for gifted students, who should be shunted into more advanced classes with teachers who finally do have time for them. For years I was a top student who thought my teachers hated me.
One thing I don’t like about this episode is they got the gifted program. Now do most schools use it wrong yes. I was a gifted student but now as a teacher and talking to gifted teacher I know more about it. Gifted is a part of special education. And it does in fact test multiple intelligences. Not every gifted student is textbook smart. Some are but some aren’t but they’re gifted in other ways. I’ve taught a student who academically low and had an IEP but was also in gifted. The problem is some people use gifted as a classist or elitist thing when it’s not. It’s truly a program to help different minds.
This is a great show and for the most part, I am enjoying your reactions. What would make them better is if you were nicer to the young man in the gray Under Armour hoodie (sorry I don't know your names; I'm new here). What is up with the little snide comments toward him? He doesn't deserve that, and I say that because he hasn't snapped back. These little jabs at him are very annoying.
The fact is that gifted program kids get resources and opportunities that the other kids don’t get, bc of the systematic underfunding of schools. Things like field trips, projects with expensive materials, etc. When I was in the gifted program we literally had a special ASL teacher come in to teach us sign language while the other kids sat back in regular class and did worksheets. That inequality is the main message of this episode, and I think they cover that pretty well.
@@kiwi9445 That makes sense. I guess I'm just comparing it to my own (Dutch) experience as a former gifted kid where the gifted program was just Italian lessons and more unique math problems. I didn't know the program was so extreme in some places
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No one dislikes Jacob. He is just the definition of doing too much.
Yea we love Jacob he just try too hard sometimes lol. And that’s ok. He means well and really loves the kids.
and you see later on that they may get on Jacob but the kids truly do love him and his corniness
@Bessy Thompson his class is the favorite of all the upperclassmen classes apparently lol
Bryce going "Barbara looking goood" I see you Bryce haha and I agree!
Barbara is beautiful
I was in a “gifted program” in 2nd grade and it was basically just dropping me in a higher grade’s class because I was breezing through the work. Eventually they just wanted to put me in 5th grade permanently but my parents wanted me to be with kids my age. I would’ve graduated at 14 but ended up a dropout bc of mental illness😭😭😭
What a life story!!! Hope you’re doing well today ❤ 😭
Side note, I think there may be a “gifted kid” >>>> mental health disorder/anxiety disorder pipeline lol. You’re not alone!!! ❤
@@ambriaashley3383 I am doing a lot better thank you so much! This really made my day❤️❤️
This happens allllll too often. Gifted kids usually don’t end up doing good in high school because school doesn’t actually nurture those kids. They just want to keep kids busy and working.
Usually those who shine brightest, burn the fastest.
stay safe, beloved
Definitely relate to rob getting taken out of gifted program when high school rolled around, I went from being challenged to being confused lmfao
That whole scene where the eggs Crack and reveal had me soooo weak! 😂 The little girl throwing the snake up in the air as if it was a bird to fly, then ultimately hits the ground, took me out. Especially the look on her face! 😳
I get the whole gifted program thing because tests can’t accurately reflect the broad spectrum of intelligence in some classes I was in advanced classes and others just regular agree with you rob
Same here. I think in high school it’s necessary for more advanced topics and college-level thinking if you’re there, but I don’t think primary school kids should be separated. If they’re more advanced they can skip a grade or take on additional material, but I think they should still be among their peers for the majority of the time. However, having experienced that myself I can understand feeling isolated and unchallenged for years and see why some may prefer a gifted program
@@mirb2093 also wanted to add, the “skipping a grade” isn’t always offered. At the primary school I work at, this isn’t allowed. In these cases, how do you propose this issue be addressed. As you mentioned, being unchallenged for years can be isolating. Ultimately, school should be for everyone, and kids whether they’re on the higher end, lower end, or somewhere in between should all have opportunities to access education that meets their needs.
@@summerangel107o Yeah I’m aware which is why I ultimately understand having the program for those children. I very distinctly remember how drained & honestly bored I felt in those classes compared to how much more prepared & encouraged I felt academically in later more challenging classes.
@@mirb2093 we can see the boredom as teachers. Unfortunately we’re always told to cater more towards the ones who are struggling 😔 - the system isn’t perfect. You summed it up perfectly.
I think they should have as little testing as possible because you don't do testing when you get out of school so it's not a skill you need in the real world. When you apply a job, they don't quiz you on the history of the company & grade you.
You need to have skills or knowledge of some kind. So I think instead of all this testing, it would be more realistic and much more beneficial when kids can *show* their types of intelligences and what subjects they're better at in different ways. They can do a presentation, write an essay, do a group project, make a diorama, act out a historical event dramatically, or like Jacob did, make a rap based on it. All of those things demonstrate their knowledge instead of just getting the right answer on a quiz.
There are so many ways for kids to show their intelligence and so many different types of intelligence. Some people are going to do really well in some subjects and some just aren't their strong suit. Take me, I'm fantastic at things like English, drama & art. But I'm terrible with math, science and technology. I'm also a people person with good interpersonal skills & I wanted to work with kids. So I have a job teaching preschoolers and I love to do art projects with them every day.
While understand the gifted program can be a goal to work towards-and that is a real-life skill, to work towards a goal-some people being gifted & some people being not gifted I think just sets up people to be in competition with each other when they should really be focusing on their strength versus weaknesses and figuring out what those each are instead of worrying about what everyone else is doing & not feeling good enough.
Zuff, roasting isn't a bad thing really. Mainly in black culture it's just way to bond and joke, so those kids actually like Jacob.
I used to grade my classmates work cause I'd finish quicker
I’m not Black American but African and roasting is how we communicated growing up, it’s not malicious at all just a fun way to pass time/show attention 😭
I feel like roasting only works when people are only calling out things that are benign enough to be considered normal in any other setting. Problem with kids is that sometimes they don't understand those boundaries, so they inevitably end up roasting someone about a deformity or a dead relative.
@@vindifferenceummm no they don’t
12:08 ok Bryce😭😭👀👀👀
Idk ya'll, but there's something wholesome as hell about you three watching Abbott lol.
@15:10 Since You Guys Caught This Awkward Gregory Moment, Pls Make Sure To Capture Them All. They Are Always Right On Time 😭🤣
in elementary I was pulled out of class one day to take a test and I bombed it sooo bad because I was bored and didn't care and no one explained it was a test. I was in a remedial class for 6 months before they realized I was just bored😅
The gifted program's if handled correctly, can be great! My daughter was in the program at her public school, and they held some of the classes on Saturday mornings. The purpose was to engage them when some regular grade level lessons were not challenging them. She did well and moved on to Gifted and AP classes in middle and high school. And she stopped saying to me that school was boring 😅
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As a teacher, I didn’t agree with this episode- gifted programs are meant to meet the needs of advanced students who unfortunately aren’t being challenged at all in the regular gen Ed class. Just the same as students who have IEPs and need specialized services to meet their needs. When you have students in elementary who read at a 12th grade level, always get done early, and in general aren’t challenged at all because the work is just too easy - I think there should be something, so they can be challenge, and taught at their level. It’s never meant to be something that makes other kids feel excluded or left out. I think in those instances, it’s still important to have engaging and effective lessons for gen Ed that will meet their level, so it doesn’t feel like other kids are “getting something” while others are not. I digress, I love that Gregory referred to “multiple intelligences” in this episode. Once you understand the best way you can learn and understand subjects, and new concepts - it gets easier, when information is presented to you in that way, as all of learning needs differ. Incorporating these as learning stations is one way to include more than 1 learning style in an individual lesson.
I love that you guys keep posting the Abbott Elementary reaction.
The rapping might be a callback to Hamilton, the Musical. It was huge before Rona, the Virus moved in.
I used to help my teachers grade in my free time 😅
look forward to these abbot reviews 😂 pls keep em coming guys 🤎
Loving y'alls reaction to the show!❤
I love your reactions guys. Why not do 2 episode per reaction, the episodes are so short.
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I was also in the gifted program in primary school and quickly removed when I got to highschool xD.
I was in advanced classes in school waaay back in the day, but it wasn’t referred to as gifted in my school. It was referred to as the High Honors Program and it was specified it was for students with top grades not only for testing. I don’t remember anyone feeling left out. All the kids that weren’t in the program felt fortunate they weren’t lol because we were studying some difficult stuff.
I think it's more about the gifted programs who give the "gifted" kids more creative opportunities to learn like trips cool experiments and tools , based on their scores
The one on the left said “she’s only 25? She’s only a year older than me”. I thought he was like 40 🤣
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I was in the gifted program (from elementary to middle) and advanced classes in high school (I’m a struggling senior now). Yeah it’s not all it’s cracked up to be.
I was in the gifted program in elementary & middle school (S.P.A.C.E.) & had accelerated & advanced courses in high school. I loved the activities we did & still play some similar (logic) puzzles on my phone.
When I was in the gifted program we just played with brain puzzles and did extra projects (like extra work lol) so… I don’t think to was really worth lol. And I also ended up being one of those gifted kids that burnt out in my teens and had a inferiority complex with myself for the rest of my life cause I feel like Im not as smart as I used to be so… all around I don’t recommend gifted programs lol
I think even though life IS unfair and not everyone is treated equally in the world the one place that it SHOULDN'T be perpetuated is in school. That's like saying we should prepare our students to accept that the world is unfair by recreating unfair circumstances in the classroom
I was in advanced classes but for a long time I wasn’t and honestly for me school was so boring and easy that I didn’t pay attention and hardly showed up. I think having a gifted program is a good thing
Thanks, Bryce! Thanks, Rob! Thanks, Zuff! 🏫 I was deemed "gifted and talented" so I did my best to act like a clown (and still doin' it). #ReelTime #MattSohn #AbbottElementary
Dude on left saying he was called a Potato...I can 100% see that happening 🤣
God bless you all. Have a good day.
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I tried out for gifted 3 times and was a straight A student and didn't get in, that hurt
I didn’t pass the gifted student exams in elementary school. However, In elementary school my fourth grade class was blended with 5th graders. I would finish my 4th grade math then work on 5th grades math afterwards my teacher would have me grade homework for both classes. Only downside was going to 5th grade and being bored.
“Reverse Good Will Hunting” Program killed me💀💀
First thing I’m watching when I wake up. Good morning!
The baby snakes were cool, i think if Janine put the lid on it wouldve been okay. Great lesson in showing that snakes arent super scary, break a stereotype/fear.
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Thank you for uploading this ✌️
Btw the last episode with the whole "roasting" thing with Jacob is just apart of the black culture. You just have to learn how to take it & fire back.
I think the point was that, had they the luxury of a nice budget, they could do special things for all the children (and have a gifted program too). But, because they didn't, they didn't want kids who might already feel left out to feel more left out.
Dave and Buster‘s sounds like a great date👬,You can play games and eat while you talk so it doesn’t get boring.
They tested in 3rd grade for the 4th in Maryland. I didn’t move to MD until the middle of 4th grade. I was placed in gifted after I scored perfect on the statewide Civics test and almost perfect on the other state tests. SMH
I’ve also never been good at taking standardized test. I actually fell asleep the first time I took the ACT and guessed on it at the last minute & made a better score than when I actually tried the next 3 times. I didn’t get into the advanced studies school bc I didn’t understand the questions & missed it by a few points. Standardized test are killing the education in America & Greg explained how they may be gifted in different things perfectly but the edu system here is set up to teach children to be obedient & not much else /:
Technically I wouldn't say the gifted program was for the "smart" kids, I was apart of it but sucked at math. It was just that we thought differently than the average person. We would go around about way to find the answer, like for most people they would go 2+2=4 whereas a gifted kid would be like 1+1=2 which means 2+2+=4. I never thought I was smarter than anybody else. Some kids in the program happened to geniuses, some, like me were creative thinkers who would still suck at a certain subject. It works best if the school acknowledge it but made sure to help the kids understand that nobody was less than the others. We just had to have a creative way of teaching us and doing things.
For me, I hate being bored, was always trying to find something to do. Gifted class gave me that, we did a lot of projects and brain work. It is said or believed that most gifted Kids are ADHD
3:33 teachers use to do this a lot. I use to help grades quizzes. I don’t think that it is good to do esp the way kids tease each other
Teachers often have no time for gifted students, who should be shunted into more advanced classes with teachers who finally do have time for them. For years I was a top student who thought my teachers hated me.
Idk if you guys have seen this or not but can you watch, “Into the woods?!” It’s such a good movie and there’s so many good actors in there!!! ❤
One thing I don’t like about this episode is they got the gifted program. Now do most schools use it wrong yes. I was a gifted student but now as a teacher and talking to gifted teacher I know more about it. Gifted is a part of special education. And it does in fact test multiple intelligences. Not every gifted student is textbook smart. Some are but some aren’t but they’re gifted in other ways. I’ve taught a student who academically low and had an IEP but was also in gifted. The problem is some people use gifted as a classist or elitist thing when it’s not. It’s truly a program to help different minds.
Damn Rob. Head SWOLL.
Have you guys seen A Bronx Tale?
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I said it once i'll say it again, guy on the far right is so hot
Please watch some new girl!!!
This is a great show and for the most part, I am enjoying your reactions. What would make them better is if you were nicer to the young man in the gray Under Armour hoodie (sorry I don't know your names; I'm new here). What is up with the little snide comments toward him? He doesn't deserve that, and I say that because he hasn't snapped back. These little jabs at him are very annoying.
This is probably my least fav episode cuz it mixes up gifted programs crafted for intelligent kids with activities that all students would enjoy
The fact is that gifted program kids get resources and opportunities that the other kids don’t get, bc of the systematic underfunding of schools. Things like field trips, projects with expensive materials, etc. When I was in the gifted program we literally had a special ASL teacher come in to teach us sign language while the other kids sat back in regular class and did worksheets. That inequality is the main message of this episode, and I think they cover that pretty well.
@@kiwi9445 That makes sense. I guess I'm just comparing it to my own (Dutch) experience as a former gifted kid where the gifted program was just Italian lessons and more unique math problems. I didn't know the program was so extreme in some places