To be honest, this chapter did not grab me as the others did. This could be that I did not have any gifted students this last year, nor will I have any this next year. However, that is not to say that I did not have or won't have students needing challenges to push them. Just a couple pull outs that grabbed my attention. This chapter would definitely be worth a reread at another time.
"...access to challenging curriculum and enriched learning opportunities."
"Rather than overusing the term gifted, consider using other words or phrases such as "high potential learners" or "highly motivated".
Moving forward is a good thing. If you don't move, you become stagnant. If you become stagnant, you smell. (I'm going with a creek bed analogy here...stay with me). "It Is What It Is" helps us to keep our sanity as we try new things, but at the same time we should never settle for "what it is". We should constantly reflect and learn to move our teaching and our student's learning to higher levels so the classroom doesn't turn stale.
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