How has the perception of giftedness changed throughout history?
Was the gifted cave-child perceived as potentially the greatest hunter, the greatest story-teller, the greatest healer? Prehistoric society required such gifts.
During the Golden Age of Greece, criteria for giftedness might have included logical thinking, effective speaking, grace, and refinement.
At the beginning of this century, most schools recognized as superior those students who memorized and recited long passages with clarity and expression, “ciphered” correctly, wrote numbers in nice straight columns, ranked at the top of their class, and obeyed the rules.
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