Why Do So Many Gifted Adults and Families Come to the United States?
If you’ve read my previous posts, you know I have addressed the topic of the “relativity of giftedness.” See my post Giftedness is Relative.
I also cover the reality that not all gifted — even the profoundly gifted — get good grades in school. And yet, most people think grades are tightly connected to being smart, e.g. gifted. See this post, Do Poor Grades Mean You Aren’t (or Weren’t) Really Gifted? And What’s Underachievement?
Immigration and what’s true and not true about it has been a big deal issue on and off throughout our history. I want to help people see some things that might affect the way they currently see some groups of refugees and immigrants as “better” for the country than other groups. Why do I want to do this? Because every single group has either already advantaged and educated gifted people in it or gifted people who never had a chance for — or access to — education in their countries of origin and need a chance to find a better life for themselves and their children. It’s possible that an equal portion of those groups have a similar number of gifted people within them, and we know that because people from all walks of life around the globe do strive for better education and a chance at financial success. Those success stories are everywhere.
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