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ACTUALLY her ram memory was full, she was calculating black hole gravity for a mass, while aligning the stars in orbit around planet 9 (an unknown mass) while accessing the school menu for lunch with internet implants.
Anyone who's seen the movie will quickly understand that the teacher wasn't belittling her or being snarky. She was shocked at first and kept increasing the difficulty, and realized she was in fact, gifted. In the movie she actually pushes for her to be placed in a special school.
The problem is that, when it comes to super-genius types, they are almost all male. The fact that the one depicted here was a little girl would just make her much rarer.
@@flingmonkey5494 Hmm. I'd disagree with that. Marie Curie, Jane Goodall, Gertrude Elion, Ada Lovelace, Rosie Franklin, Dorothy Hodgkin... I can name at least a dozen off the top of my head
@@dexternelson They were good people, and certainly smart. But they were not in the super-genius class. Think of the great classical artists, Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Van Gogh, all the greats. Now, name a female in that class. Then name me a female composer to equal Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Bach. Not there.
I knew a man who was this gifted once, made me feel like a child and I'm sometimes extremely intuitively intelligent. What a human though, maths like this girl, spoke in 7 languages, could understand 7 more, brilliant artist and the best kind of friend. He also liked coffee, I miss him since he succumbed to his mental illness, very few know what I am talking about when I am unwell with my own mental health issues until they research, he knew and encouraged me to not hold back with a warm smile!
It seems that if our brains work close to their maximum capacity, they "tire" quickly. And exceptionally gifted people not only go very far ahead of the others, but sometimes go too far. It is hard for us humans to accept our limits and admit there is so much we DON'T know. I have had many moments in my life when my mind felt like it was unlocked and comprehending so much of what I normally didn't comprehend, like it got switched from snail speed to light speed. Some of those moments are the "aha" moments when we suddenly realize something, but in my case I'm talking about quantum physics, the nature of the mater and the size of and the power in the Universe.
Unfortunately intelligence and mental illness often go hand in hand. The brother of a friend should’ve been a world class scientist, instead he’s been checking in and out of mental hospitals all his life. Very sad.
I didn’t interpret a mean teacher. I think the teacher recognized she had a student in her class who was a more advanced than her other students and was bored so as a good teacher would, she challenged her. And I think the nod and smirk she gave was more of an encouragement and “it’s ok if you don’t know” and maybe an internal acknowledgment of having pushed the student too far.. until she answers the question.
@Billy William just because you perceive something one way doesn’t mean it’s correct. She was a bit harsh in the beginning because she was responding to initial disrespect, but she ends up being a good teacher
I think the teacher at first was trying to teach her a lesson, but as soon by the end she started testing her- not with the intent of embarrassing her but rather just trying to test her if that makes sense LOL
I’ll never forget when I was 10 years old myself and another boy were being shown around our new school. The teacher asked us our hobbies or interests. I replied I play chess: the other boy replied “I do maths”. He’s now a professor of pure maths at Cambridge University:))
wait, you are That jULIAN HODGSON? the chess grandmaster? the young star of the british chess?? Even I, a palooka and not much better than a wood pusher, remember your name... :)
I had a teacher like this in 6th grade math. There was 3 or 4 of us in the class who would fall asleep or get in trouble for talking and she finally had enough and kept us after class one day (recess was after her class). She gave us each a worksheet to do, but had grabbed the wrong copies from the machine and ended up giving us 8th grade papers. We were all done with plenty of time to spare. Instead of getting upset, she put us in the corner of the room (too late in the year to move us to a different class), and would give us honors worksheets to do while she taught the rest of the class. Then when they were doing their worksheet, she'd teach us what she was teaching her honors class. We were all put in the correct level math the next year; two of us were put in other honors courses as well, like English. Not all kids that "act out" do it because they intend to disrespect; some do it because they're in the absolute wrong class and are bored.
My teacher when I was 8 or so noticed I was good with numbers..not like this girl, she encouraged me but then left..the good news is I then changed school and ended up in her class! I saw her last year after nearly 40 years and she remembered me by name, amazing woman! amazing teacher and a superb mathmetician.
My teachers always just "ignored" me. I read a lot so I was more advanced in English then the rest of my class (I'm German) and instead of trying to entertain me my teachers just didn't complain when I was reading on my phone as long as I answered correctly when they asked me something.
bruh lucky. My country doesn’t allow us to change classes or skip grades, everyone progresses at the “same” rate. I have to sit through the same classes that everyone else attends and have to to further study apt to my standard at home or external teaching centres. Smh wish i could move to a different country
After moving from OK to SC and entering the 4th grade, I practically didn't learn anything new until the 7th grade. The only class I excelled in was a go-at-your-own-pace math class. It basically ruined me as a good student and I've been a somewhat poor student ever since. No A's from the 7th grade until freshman year in college. I graduated with a BSEE in 4 years when most took 5. Interestingly, my grades continued to improve until I finished graduate school with a 3.4. Not great, but pretty good for a still poor student.
Teacher: "I would like to return this child" Principal: "What's wrong with her?" Teacher: "She's become the teacher" Child: "I would like to return this teacher"
@@Edi_J While it's harder to get a square root, it isn't that much harder. Even without knowing a few tricks to make it easier you can roughly guess what it will be. If too high you go one lower, if too low you go one higher. Given she can multiply a two digit number by a three digit number, she should be able to fairly rapidly come up with the approximate answer fairly quickly.
i watched this movie and this little actress aka Mckenna Grace is so damn talented!A future Oscar and Grammy winner!She sings as well...So moving that she makes me cry..I have watched all of her movies since...
@@onebrids3127 Gifted is a 2017 American drama film directed by Marc Webb and written by Tom Flynn. It stars Chris Evans, Mckenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan, Jenny Slate and Octavia Spencer. The plot follows an intellectually gifted seven-year-old who becomes the subject of a custody battle between her maternal uncle and maternal grandmother.
@Jump Jack some of it I find you got to know where the numbers go and how to put them together is the big problem. If you have a formula and you know how to interpret said formula and what to plug where then you can get math done. That's my findings as someone who struggles with mathematics.
Reminds me of my late Dad, who could do similar calculations in his head as fast as a calculator. He said that during WWII, when he was in school, there weren't enough paper/pencils for each kid, so he learned to do it all in his head, but I always thought there was something special about his ability to just snap out the answer to some complicated calculation, without even a pause.
I've always done instant calculations of the average of large amount of numbers. Not always right, but very close. Too boring to do math tricks like making sure the answer is 100% right.
Absolutely fantastic movie. Contains my favorite line from any movie ever, that had me in tears of laughter: what she said to the teacher when she found out that her uncle had slept with her, I can remember choking on my beer...was an unpleasant/pleasant moment, funny af.
How you know it's a hollywood portrayal of giftedness: 1. Savant like abilities and/or profoundly gifted characters (which, btw, are so rare that it's less than .01% of the population) 2. Teacher who identifies the child as gifted 3. The child solves formulas and works with the best of the best Realistic portrayals of giftedness: 1. The child is ahead in math and reading, but has gaps in knowledge. 2. Teachers don't identify the child as gifted because they don't do their work on time or forget their homework 3. The child might have autism, adhd, ocd, anxiety or learning disabilities that could interfere with and mask their giftedness 4. They have a higher risk of dropping out of school completely or failing 5. If the child is appropriately identified, the gifted program may not be adequate for their learning needs.
@@brianaguilar8283 I think you misunderstood my point. Rainman (while it did have its flaws) illustrastes what savant syndrome is: someone with disability (like intellectual disability, autism, etc) who has an outstanding ability to do something. IE: quick calculations, playing any music from memory without training, etc. It's extremely rare (1 in 1m) and not well understood. It is not the same thing as high IQ. Someone with high IQ will grasp new information with few repetitions and use patterns to learn new information. But Hollywood always shows giftedness or high intellect as "savant syndrome' because they dont' really understand either.
I recommend you watch the movie. In this case, the girl comes from a long line of intelligent people. Her mom, her grandmother, her uncle are all exceptional people. The mom, however, committed suicide when her daughter was a baby. The grandmother is obsessed with results and pushed her own daughter to the point of suicide. Her uncle decided to give her as much of a normal childhood as he could. Being the one who is raising her. His own sister was also gifted and he saw what happened to her.
Yeah not the best writing… Even someone who is incredibly gifted won’t know how to multiply or how to calculate the square root of something until they’ve learnt that concept. They’ll probably pick it up much faster than most people, but they’re not going to their first school day with infinite knowledge. Haha hollywood
Yes, I know exactly what you mean and I can see why you would be impressed. I am on the spectrum as well and the same thing happened to me but it is no fun at all.
@@danielhenriquez4327 I understand. Some people can be so judgemental and scared of people of the spectrum. They are often shunned and put aside from society. And yet brains like yours are such a gift to mankind. I once met a guy who was ten years old and he was going at University. He had Asperger and had social issues but he was so brainy I had jawdrops. He could do anything.
To be honest, I kinda resent the fact that autistics with especially low needs are seen as "gifted" across the board - the portrayal in TV and film is just that we always seem to be geniuses regardless of the subject, and it's just not true - for me, I always grasped concepts and drew conclusions quickly, but ask me to do even basic maths and I need a calculator because the numbers won't stay in my head. As a result, I always felt "less than" watching gifted kids in films and shows, because I used to think "if everyone else like me is so good at everything, what's wrong with me? Why am I so stupid?"
FUN FACTS ABOUT ‘GIFTED’ (2017) (1) In the film, there is an assortment of complex math equations to be solved, for Mckenna to remember them for her scenes, Mckenna and her mother put together a song for her to remember them. (2) Chris Evans and the entire cast and crew for the film adopted a pet from the animal shelter they filmed at. Chris named his dog ‘Dodger’ after the dog who stars in the animated film ‘Oliver and Company.’ (3) Mckenna Grace packed a stuffed seal with her for her travels that’s been in her family for over three decades, the stuffed seal even makes an appearance in the film. The seal’s name is Dee Dee. (4) On set, the cast and crew all had a swear jar that they were required to pay $5 per curse word and $10 per ‘F’ word used. According to Mckenna, Chris still owes money to the jar. According to Chris, he’s ‘In deep.’
Teacher's vary a lot in their approach to 'gifted' children. I had one child start kindergarten able to read books, but still spent all of Kindergarten with the rest of the class learning their "ABCs". Some teachers put in extra work to provide appropriate and challenging material to "gifted" students, while others view them as an inconvenience, as they was to focus on providing a standard lesson plan that caters to the 'average' student, and spend any additional effort on improving the performance of their struggling students. I also have another child that was was evaluated as being a two years ahead in the 'average' math level when in Year 1 but who then spent the next 5 years of primary school doing the same grade level math exercises as the rest of the class (simply got everything done in about 1/4 the allotted time and sat around bored for long periods). Fortunately we have a system of "selective high schools" in our state (NSW) so both boys ended up with a similar ability peer group and the lessons/teaching that was suitable for their needs. Back in my day there were very few such 'selective' high schools, so I spent all of high school cruising along in the "A" class with minimal effort and got into university with absolutely atrocious study skills and levels of application. Ended up doing OK (in the end), but I'm pretty sure the education system didn't maximise my potential utility to society ;) I always find it strange that the academic focus of government schools seems mostly concerned about attempting to bring up the bottom 50% of students to attain "average" levels of performance, but often takes a "they'll do fine" attitude to catering to the needs of gifted students. In contrast, other areas of child/adolescent development focus much more of maximizing the potential of the most "gifted" children - examples would be in the areas of sports, music etc (eg. sports coaches are much more focussed on ensuring their "star players" excel than they are on bringing the performance of below average participants up to 'average' levels of performance. Go figure.
good point about the sports/music even art teachers. Teachers in general suck at their job. They just are not prepared to be a good teacher. They are trained to be a teacher that sucks. It might be the school systems fault, the fact that classes are made of too many kids (30 is standard in my country) or maybe kids are badly raised by their parents. But it's like they say "you got to play the hand you've been dealt" and teachers should do with what they have, and look for internal reasons why they suck... if they even realize they suck at their job in the first place. and btw. teachers suck for both gifted and average students. It is sad when potential goes to waste but average students are more important to society just because they are the majority by far.
I would like to make a point about selective high schools, at least in my experience they do not provide adequate levels of challenge as they are still restricted to being not far off the curriculum, especially in mathematics. (I go to one of the very top selective schools.)
@@nebula3415 Probably true. I only went to a normal public high school (non selective) and it seems like my boys enjoyed going to selective HS more than I enjoyed non-selective HS and it also seems that bullying in selective HS is less common than I had found it to be in non-selective HS (due to quite a few of the half of the student population with below average IQ often amusined themselves by annoying the 'smart kids' endlessly) (but that might be due to changes in public schools in general during the past 40 years). They seemed to enjoy the educational experience, although they didn't seem to spend much time on homework/assignments (my youngest is currently in Yr10 and spends about 6 hrs/day gaming vs 1 hr/day doing homework/studying -- but he is in the 'top half' of the selective HS in all subjects, so I can't complain about his study habits if he gets decent academic results. If they were highly motivated and *wanted* to be more challenged in the subject they are good at, they might find the curriculum a bit pedestrian. But as long as it isn't a mind-numbingly boring as I found non-selective HS it seems OK. Although my eldest quite enjoyed computer science, so did a lot of extracurricular activities (did SDD by external study in Yr 11, did a first year uni CS course at UNSW while in Yr 12 etc.)
@@wealthelife I have to agree with you on the bullying that is significantly reduced, I do think the points you made about it being not mind-numbingly boring are correct although it is not as advanced as I would have liked, I do still believe that it is better then non selective public schools.
In reality most schools do placement tests and/or questionnaires to parents about general levels. It isn't uncommon for some parents (think Asians) to have already run their kids through pre-kindergarten, academic camps, or home schooled their kids through basic math or even reading -- plus general issues such as language and such.
I don't know why some ppl comment negatively on the teacher. She didn't know tht Mary is gifted. She probably thought tht Mary just act up or misbehave and warn her so tht other kids didn't act rude as well.
Totally agreed with u👍.... If that teacher was real badass then she would have behaved rudely with the girl even after knowing about her talent..... She was merely trying to disciplined her....
the thing is: She did not warn her. She tried to embarrass her in front of the other children. Mary's comment, gifted or not, was inconsiderate but so was the teacher's reaction. She should know better than the little girl.
She handled that when she told her and the rest of the class to not speak out of turn. When she made her stand up to test her math skills, it became vindictive.
Inconsistent writing and/or directing. In this scene, Ms. Bonnie acts like a typical mediocre teacher who assumes that all her children cannot possibly know what 17 + 15 is. When she asks "All right then. Well, what is 57 + 135?" she shakes her head in a sassy way that looks like she expects Mary to fail and be embarrassed in front of everyone. A minute before that, Ms. Bonnie impatiently waves Mary to stand up and sarcastically (yes) says "These questions are for you because you're so advanced." I say sarcastically because every other thing she says and does shows that she does not believe Mary can do two- or three digit addition. Later on, the condescending woman suddenly becomes the teacher with a golden heart who helps Uncle Frank support Mary. Maybe she just wants to shag up with him.
The realization when she goes from, "Okay, she's better than everybody here." to "OMG I've got a genius on my hands!" is priceless. She has to check her results with a calculator. (I could do that in my head but it would take a while and I'd have to write down partial answers to add them up. Square root? Forget it.)
57 x 100 (5700) then 50 x 35 I'd go to 3500 and split in half to get (1750) then 7 x 35 I'd split and go to 210 plus the 35 (245) but after that still remembering the 5700 and 1750 and 245 to add would be tough to get while still remembering the original problem 57 x 135. If somebody offered me a couple hundred and two minutes I might get there without writing anything down but it'd have to be in a quiet room. Double digit multiplication I was always good at but triple digit takes more memory than I usually have.
My wife's brother was like that at the same age in northern England. He was removed from his regular school and moved to a better school. Most people from his area didn't go to college, but he did and majored in math. He has been a computer programmer since then, working for the Bank of Scotland.
I still remember starting the first grade, when I could already read. The class was inching it's way through the Dick & Jane books. It felt like a living a nightmare. The teacher once asked us what our favourite colour was. I told her mine was taupe. She said that was not a colour and the class laughed at me. Good times.
I couldn't read when I started first grade, but I learned VERY quickly. When the rest of my class were still reading picture books, I was already reading Stephen King and Tolkien...in English, which is not my native language. And while other kids had comics as bathroom literature, mine was a stack of science magazines.
Same here. We had the colors of the rainbow around the blackboard and I must have read them 1000 times a day. And they passed out sheets like "circle five elephants, circle seven lions" and I couldn't figure out why she gave us 15 minutes to do ten of these when I was done in a minute.
This was me in Kindergarten with the Buffy and Mack books but I snapped one day in reading group. Each kid read a line. The book went “Buffy went up the slide. Buffy went down the slide. Mack went up the slide…” I started to show my annoyance and the teacher said something to me about being respectful and the next thing I know I’m angrily flipping the pages and reading the whole book with increasing intensity which only took about 20 seconds. Then ranting about how you don’t even need to know all the words because there was a clear pattern in every single book and the next sentence is obvious. It was a scene. Not identifying gifted kids and failing to provide them with an education appropriate for their needs can lead to issues with anger and depression.
@@photoballa This Is kindergarten? You don’t learn your times tables that early! Well at least not In England but then again we don’t even have kindergarten here
@@Sarawarawara- this is definitely not year 1 either tho, i think it's reception in UK but anyway, the kids aren't learning 1 + 1 in kindegarden, they didn't learn timetables only addition like 1 + 2 or 3 etc. Only some multiplication for the gifted child
She didn’t smirk cause she was right, her hopes were getting high believing she had a child genius & since she ain’t answer right away she just moved on.
Great film love this, had me the whole time. Plus Mckenna Grace at 11 years old played Mary so well she had me believing and still does. Shame she missed out on the Best Young Actress 2017. She had my vote.
I had a hs science class where everyone including myself the back of the class screwed around all class & barely passed. That was until a smart kid started mouthing off how dumb we all were. He mouthed off so much that I took him up on a bet for the next test. He was so confident, he put money on it. As it turned out, he lost that bet and all future bets. The teacher wanted to know how I did it. That wasn't the right question. The real question was why. Once you have the motivation, you can figure out the how by class preparation pretty easily. Biggest lesson of my life.
When I was in middle school I never paid attention during literature class. I read a book the entire time. Another student raised her hand to say “Sophia is reading in class!” And my teacher asked me, “Sophia, what is your grade in this class” I started blushing because I didn’t want to brag, but I answered “100.” And all my classmates gasped 😂 My teacher said “I don’t care if she’s bouncing on the walls! As long as she makes grades like that she can do whatever she wants in class” That shut that little snitch real fast, and it felt like a main character moment to me
During Chemistry class in my junior year of high school I pretty much just read or did other things, sitting in the back, not bothering anyone. The teacher hated me and refused to approve my taking AP Chemistry in my senior year. I went to the front office to complain and they called her in. She said she didn't think I was "suit to such an advanced course", the Principal asked what grade I was carrying, she tried to deflect and I interrupted saying "Sir, I have a 100% grade on everything in the course for the year so far." Yet the bitch still refused to approve it and the spineless Principal wouldn't override her.
Similar story in high school Algebra class. I read science fiction books during most of the class - and aced the class. This was a new teacher and she quite teaching after that because she could not handle a student like me. I was not exceptionally gifted; but did graduate college as an engineer with high honors due to my grades, and took a lot of extra math classed just because I was interested in math (turns out I was one class short of a math minor - had I known I would have taken another math class).
@Jump Jack Being good at arithmetic may not be a sign of being good at math, and not being good at arithmetic doesnt necessarly invalidate your intelligence but being good at it definetly can be a sign of intelligence
@Jump Jack No. Human arithmetic isn't computational ability at all, it's more about recognizing patterns and therefore learning tricks to massively speed up arithmetic
No, most people are idiots! It annoys me no end when I hear "Math is hard (whine)!" Math is not hard, not even Calculus. It is just taught terribly and children have been given a pass for decades by using that line. Math is the only thing you will EVER learn that follows a consistent, logical set of rules without exceptions. Compare that to Biology, English, History, Geography, and even sports that are full of exceptions, nonsense, and sometimes outright contradictions. Part of that is due to the federal government changing the Math curriculum in the late 50' and early 60's to the "New math" in order to rush out a lot of engineers for the space program. They needed well trained "grunts" (aka computers) to do the calculations. The system was never fixed after they broke it.
@@wealthelife it seems to me that they're designed for the lower end of average. why would we see so many straight A+ students if not? and why would straight A be the expectation if not?
@@quarepercutisproximum9582 There's also a lot of politics/parental ego-massaging involved in public education. It is easier for a teacher/school to award 30% of the students an "A" and minimize friction with helicopter parents, than it is to only give an "A" to the top 10% in each subject (which would mean only around 2%-5% of students could achieve "straight A's") and have endless conflict with parents about whether little Johnny/Betty 'deserves' an 'A' rather than a 'C'. I'm not sure that such ego-boosting is ultimately good for the students -- they end up bewildered why they didn't get into an 'ivy league' college, or why there aren't a CEO and billionaire by age 30...
My older brother (now gone) was somewhat like that. At the grocery store he could have a total cost of all the items before the checker had rung them up. Yes, he was good with numbers.
My HS friend could calculate the mpg as the numbers were rolling up on the gas pump - he'd randomly grab a gallon and tenths number and spit out the mpg, were that the full amount of the tank fill-up from previous trip... then when he got to the actual "full" value - he'd tell you what percentage the MPG had dropped by from the previous calculation he'd given. Last saw him in 1975, no idea where he ended up, I've never been to a HS class reunion. I checked him once on the first electronic calculator I had access to, and he wasn't wrong...
@@lylestavast7652 It has to bring a smile to your face. Sometimes, one of the best things I can think of would be to sit down with an old friend and have a cup of coffee or a beer.
This is the first thing I've ever seen with McKenna Grace, I had no idea she started so young. The first thing I ever saw her in was Young Sheldon, followed by The Handmaid's Tale. She is an outstanding actress!
Don't know why people are villianizing the teacher. She wasn't "talking down" on the child. She was trying to teach her a lesson on good behaviour and not act out. Kids aren't exempt from receiving a penalty on disrespect. A teacher is there to educate as well as set an example and punish a student if need be.
So her method of embarrassing this little girl in front of her peers is valid? I don't think so. She could've said that you shouldn't be saying that since it's mean etc but embarrassing somebody in this way is pretty mean and though Mary's comment was inconsiderate so was the teacher's behaviour but as a teacher you should know better than a first grader.
POV: the most satisfying thing everyone can agree with *teacher sees two kids talking to each other*: "hey you! answer this question" Kid: ok! *answers it correctly* *teacher is speechless* me: this is better than any satisfying vid anyone could ever create 😌
Actually, gifted children like her do exist. In college I had a differential equations upper division course and in the class was a 8 year old boy who was taking the course. He was so young when he sat down in the auditorium style folding chair his feet didn't touch the floor. The room had to be an auditorium because one equation could take up all 3 large blackboards mounted on 3 sides of the room. I befriended him that semester and he was a normal 8 year old except for his very gifted math-sense. He was also very polite and well mannered unlike how the little girl in this movie,
That's cool. I still think a child should have a good child hood though and hang around/go to school with people their own age even if they are incredible gifted like that. No need to rush them through life like that. I hope the kid has a great life.
@@strugglingcollegestudent He needs to connect with people on his level for the various areas of life. For many of those areas, the 8 year old should spend time with 8 year olds. For some other areas, it may be a 12 or 20 year old.
Been there, done that... nothing worse than being so young and so gifted, then becoming the teachers pet. (Jealous school kids will make your life pure hell, until you stop showing you are better than everyone else and decide to keep a low profile and just blend in.)
I remember my son's first grade teacher snagging me in the school lot and asking me to come up with my son to the classroom. She showed me his standardized test scores and said she had never in all her years teaching seen scores like his. She said teachers get a separate report on each student with different information, and my son's were beyond anything in any of the reports she had seen. She showed me my version, which she said was off the charts, and she showed me her version, which gave a more comprehensive overview of my son's class and the national information. My boy is a doctor now, and I still see that teacher quite often and remind her how awesome she is for recognizing his intellect.
This is not THAT difficult, unless the teacher is mean and takes revenge by giving you lower marks... So you simply wont dare to. Because, the typical teacher isnt teacher because he is almost a genius, but its because he is a mediocre. Once upon a time, becoming school teacher was a good carrier for a poor but gifted village girl (or boy). Think Anne from the Green Hiils / Gables . But in our times, where college and universitet are in practice open to all, its usually the mediocre ones whom become teachers, the bright ones and hardworkers, proceed into professionals or scientists... Take the example of musicians; the weaker musicians become teachers, the good become orchestra members, the excellent become solists and concert musicians. (solists)...
My son is well ahead in math. He had picked up 4tg grade math while in 1st grade. Being back in person in school, he has been called a nerd so often that he refuses to keep doing it. The mental anguish, behavioral health stuff is real. I wish it wasn't. I can see many kids just ending up in a worse place if they were gifted. But this is humanity we have created...we reward and exalt the worst of us and vilify those who have a brain.
The sheeple will always try to downgrade someone with better knowledge, technique/prospects. hopefully your son will be shown how to counter this by whatever means is necessary...
Speaking as a seasoned math teacher of varying levels, never underestimate the talents God has given others. I have been blessed to witness and oversee others' growths, and I am thankful for the opportunity to contribute.
As a child i was gifted at maths. However i was weak on subtraction and that worried me. I looked around and all the other kids seemed to be confident doing subtraction there I was worrying. I pondered on it for some time I was 6 at the time. I suddenly worked out the solution. I was very fast at addition and if you took the subtraction answer and added to the subtraction amount it would equal the initial amount. So suddenly it became very easy for me as i could instantly check my results. One day the teacher tested all 30 kids in the class on subtraction, 7 kids had one set of anwsers (I was one of the 7) the other 23 had identical answers. As a test the teacher told the class the seven kids had it wrong. Four of them immediately accepted this two others and me argued the point until one by one the others accepted this point. I was 6 i argued the point for 20 minuites before breaking down into tears. Then the teacher revealed i was correct and this was a test. Sometimes the teachers can be quite mean.
Luck is simply a retrospective view/evaluation of past random occurrences - it is not an intrinsic property. i.e. someone has been lucky or unlucky, it isn't a property that applies to future events (except in fiction)
The real marvel here is that the teacher did nor dismiss her but took the time to explore a very unlikely possibility that could help better this child life.
Based on the teacher's body language (impatiently waving her to stand up, sassy shaking of her head while quizzing her, saying "well" and turning away when Mary hesitated, etc.) I don't believe she was aware of how smart she was. Later on, when the director decided they needed a teacher with a heart of gold, she became more caring and more into shacking up with Uncle.
bruh apart from the main plot in the film, this film taught me HOW CRUEL of a mother Evelyn was that even her own DAUGHTER Diane didn´t want her mother to do with any of the success she´d get from her solving the millennium problem. like How bad of a mother are you that your daughter resented you that much.
Not to mention ripping away her granddaughter from the only parent she has known. Putting her cat in a shelter, while going against court orders (that could have put her in very hot waters, legally), and attempting to do the same to her granddaughter as she did to her daughter. This movie was great. I did find it quite funny how they were constantly trying to hide how muscular Chris Evans is.
Her obsession overrode her maternal concern for her daughter's well-being. Being hell bent on solving this millennial problem meant pushing her daughter past the brink. No time for quality of life or pursuing the usual age appropriate milestones. Diane solved it, but in punishment hid it from her mother. What damage was done cost her life. Sadly, Evelyn didn't learn from that tragedy and was set to carry on with Mary, but thankfully Frank intervened by presenting the finished proof. Part of me thinks he could have avoided the whole thing by giving Evelyn Diane's proof to start with, but....he was trying to abide by her wishes.
My 3rd grade teacher had the same look on her face because I didn't "show my work" doing math. I asked her why she expected me to "show her something" that I didn't have to do? I told her she was just making me do extra work for no reason. She then informed me it was to help me find my mistakes. I asked her ..."Did I make any mistakes?" to which, she answered "No". It was an interesting exchange with a teacher at that age for sure.
Hat's off to you. So many teachers patronize their students, it's sad. Math was hard for me...reading on the other hand I excelled at. Spelling too. Never had to study. Nevertheless, my report cards didn't reflect my advanced reading skills. But our provincial vocabulary exams sure did.
This was my daughter at that age. I live in Florida where teacher pay is tied to classroom performance. The minute they discovered my daughter was profoundly gifted she became a trade commodity between the teachers. It took years of fighting with the schools to get her a proper education. It was a constant fight, almost a daily one. The fight ended when she turned 15 and went off to college. Even that was a fight with the public school. But the college accepted her without hesitation and gave her a full scholarship. She graduated her undergraduate with 2 degrees and was the class valedictorian. She now working on her PhD.
For children like yours and mine almost all schools are counterproductive and entrepreneurship or Thiel “Scholarship” ($100,000 NOT to attend college) makes sense.
Where she will spend the rest of her life begging for money and have to play in the accepted academic parameters or be ostracized. Clovis first or covid - she just invested a lot of time, energy, and her whole identity into a complete sham.
I’m interested to see how my grandson fits in to kindergarten this fall, his grandma and mother are teachers and have been reading to him for years, of course he can read already, amazing vocabulary and has pretty advanced social skills, hope he doesn’t get too bored initially , we’ll have to keep an eye out
Hope things worked out for your grandson. I understand there are AP or IB classes from kindergarten or grade one? Maybe that would be the stream to get him on.
*family given lectures* Your a little cheat you saw the paper! Listen you little Wise-Acher, I’m smart, your dumb, I’m big your little, I’m right your wrong and there’s nothing you can do about it! Are you stupid or dumb? The Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree! Your a wormwood you start acting like one! Hey dip face! Have a marshmallow! Have any marshmallow dip face, heh! Dip face!
I was in an intro to calculus course my senior year of high school. I guess the teacher thought I was not paying attention, called my name and asked me to come up to the front and solve the problem there. It was to write down the first derivative of a formula with exponential and trig terms in it. I glanced at the formula on the way up to the board and immediately wrote down the answer, turned and smiled. We became friends after that. I don't think I ever told her how I did that... it was from a short paperback I had read over the summer.
"Once she does the work that I assign to everyone in the class THEN I might consider giving her more advanced work". A direct quote from a teacher who had to teach a child with a higher IQ than the teacher's.
Not a bad thing. Kids need to learn the discipline to do the mundane things in life. When you grow up and get a job, 90% of your work is beneath you. Not everything in life is exciting and new. It's the 10% that keeps you going. If you won't do the 90%, you won't keep a job, because nobody cares if you love it or not, they need that 90% done. Then, you get to do the 10%. Now the flip side is, if 100% of your job is beneath you, find something else. You will be a miserable human being that dreads getting out of bed every day.
@@johnanderson7076 I disagree. The only thing that the kid takes away from that teacher is that the kid really doesn't have to the work. It comes easy at that stage so at an early age they are taught that they DON'T have to put in any effort in every day tasks. Those tasks are too easy. When you're talking about a 6 or 7 year old CHILD, they don't take away the lessons that you point out. They take the easy path. If the teacher doen't challenge them early on, they will never learn to rise to ANY challenge they encounter during their lifetime.
@@johnanderson7076 lol no, very little in school is particularly useful, especially for advanced students, its Government funded Daycare, I wasn't nearly as advanced as this girl, but advanced nonetheless, and it was a complete waste of time. I blitzed through every book given to me in a day or two and had to painfully wait for everyone to catch up over the course of months.
@@keithfilibeck2390 To a certain extent, you're correct. There are hidden benefits though. It's useful to learn how discipline yourself and to help others do mundane tasks. Let's face it. 85% of the jobs you do at work are beneath you. You do the 85% so you can do the 15%. Learning how to do the small things and how to cooperate with others is key to success in life. In America, school is not for the intelligent. It is for the low and average. The goal is not for the brightest to succeed, it's for everyone to "pass". It's Harrison Bergeron come to life. Fortunately, the bright kids will take what's taught in school and go out and extend their knowledge themselves. Quite often they are self-taught.
What I hope we all get from this discussion is that, IF you know your child is advanced, you need to discuss their education trajectory with the school beforehand. That way, your child doesn't end up stalled and bored with an indifferent or overworked teacher who has a set grade curriculum and no means to deviate from it or to provide enriched/advanced studies for her gifted student(s). The old "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
I grew up having difficulties to learn. Then, when I went to the university I had a professor who believed in me and challenged me. It was with him that I discovered that I could remember an incredible amount of information and once I had it all in my mind, that I could reason things almost no one else in the classroom could understand. For one test, I memorized a whole book and realized that it was something extraordinary because of a classmate not believing that I was able to spill it back page by page. At some point in my life, I played games with people from whom I asked that they would give me a list or random things and then I told them what the items on the list were and years later they came back with the list and I was able to tell them the items in order, backwards, the items' numbers and having been told the numbers, the items that belonged to each number. No one would ever know how much I suffer growing up feeling that I was stupid, when all I needed was someone to believe that I wasn't and to help me.
Didn't see that - she was trying to get an idea of where this student was in math in a short time. The girl exhaled with the final question to which the teacher didn't embarrass her by waiting when she didn't think she could answer. Only when she did, did the teacher quickly check and realised what this student was capable of. It's easy to make presumptions after a clip. Hindsight is always 20/20 .
@@omp199 Again, didn't see that. I saw her trying to determine the capability of the student. This was just accelerated. Hopefully, we can agree that we took different opinions from it.
One of the most funniest scenes, reminds me of the Roald Dahl book and movie called Matilda, when Miss Honey found out how fast she learned too.
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up four little swana lake dance of the cygnets parkway the elementary school.
I have thay book
Yeh, but compared to this teacher eith miss honey. She is kinder
@@denayzakoro-sama2605 I totally agree on that one.
Did you read his other books?
nd its me who even checks 5+5 in the exam....just coz I got trust issues wid myself
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stand up-!?, p.e sinner up
down high school saying good afternoon.
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alright noises smile precure no fights balls and with music do not fair no changes.
Oh 100%
Yup
Same
Bro I would literally even check 1 times 1 during an exam
Plot Twist: she didn't take all that time to give an answer coz she was calculating. She was in fact unsure whether to show her skills or not.
ACTUALLY her ram memory was full, she was calculating black hole gravity for a mass, while aligning the stars in orbit around planet 9 (an unknown mass)
while accessing the school menu for lunch with internet implants.
@@SuperChuckRaney 😂
@@SuperChuckRaney I can't stop laughing lmaoooo
I'm the 999 liker,
That's not a plot twist. I've always thought that, especially because she quickly calculated the square root after that.
Anyone who's seen the movie will quickly understand that the teacher wasn't belittling her or being snarky. She was shocked at first and kept increasing the difficulty, and realized she was in fact, gifted. In the movie she actually pushes for her to be placed in a special school.
The problem is that, when it comes to super-genius types, they are almost all male. The fact that the one depicted here was a little girl would just make her much rarer.
@@flingmonkey5494 Hmm. I'd disagree with that. Marie Curie, Jane Goodall, Gertrude Elion, Ada Lovelace, Rosie Franklin, Dorothy Hodgkin... I can name at least a dozen off the top of my head
movie? what movie?
@@benjaminojeda8094 Gifted. 2017 movie with Chris Evans, Mckenna Grace, and Lindsay Duncan
@@dexternelson They were good people, and certainly smart. But they were not in the super-genius class. Think of the great classical artists, Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Van Gogh, all the greats. Now, name a female in that class. Then name me a female composer to equal Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Bach. Not there.
I knew a man who was this gifted once, made me feel like a child and I'm sometimes extremely intuitively intelligent. What a human though, maths like this girl, spoke in 7 languages, could understand 7 more, brilliant artist and the best kind of friend. He also liked coffee, I miss him since he succumbed to his mental illness, very few know what I am talking about when I am unwell with my own mental health issues until they research, he knew and encouraged me to not hold back with a warm smile!
Emotions are an unreliable method.
@@kimsland999 nah just a skill issue let's be honest
It seems that if our brains work close to their maximum capacity, they "tire" quickly.
And exceptionally gifted people not only go very far ahead of the others, but sometimes go too far.
It is hard for us humans to accept our limits and admit there is so much we DON'T know.
I have had many moments in my life when my mind felt like it was unlocked and comprehending so much of what I normally didn't comprehend, like it got switched from snail speed to light speed. Some of those moments are the "aha" moments when we suddenly realize something, but in my case I'm talking about quantum physics, the nature of the mater and the size of and the power in the Universe.
Unfortunately intelligence and mental illness often go hand in hand. The brother of a friend should’ve been a world class scientist, instead he’s been checking in and out of mental hospitals all his life. Very sad.
@@zaini9715:
Sounds more like you have an intelligence issue if you think that. You think with your brain, not your heart.
I didn’t interpret a mean teacher. I think the teacher recognized she had a student in her class who was a more advanced than her other students and was bored so as a good teacher would, she challenged her. And I think the nod and smirk she gave was more of an encouragement and “it’s ok if you don’t know” and maybe an internal acknowledgment of having pushed the student too far.. until she answers the question.
@Billy William whats wrong woth that? Id let her bully humiliate and dominate me 😍🥵
@Billy William no, the teacher even gives her advanced work later on to encourage her
@Billy William just because you perceive something one way doesn’t mean it’s correct. She was a bit harsh in the beginning because she was responding to initial disrespect, but she ends up being a good teacher
@Billy William and actually it does matter, your seeing one perspective not the whole
@Billy William LOL dude how old are you? I’m getting incel discord server flashbacks
This girl really is gifted....... Shes a gift to the world!
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oh nothing numbers and letters.
Relax just a movie this ain't real 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@Pro1938ftc3ch Bruh he knows
@@epiphany5653 who's he
@@Pro1938ftc3ch The boy who commented
Hate how adults need to feel better by talking down to children.
Fhthofv right 23
Some do. Some know better.
This isn’t the average student and she though t rn kid was being rude at first there’s a difference with disrespect and talking donw to somenkne
I think the teacher at first was trying to teach her a lesson, but as soon by the end she started testing her- not with the intent of embarrassing her but rather just trying to test her if that makes sense LOL
Didnt see it that way
I’ll never forget when I was 10 years old myself and another boy were being shown around our new school. The teacher asked us our hobbies or interests. I replied I play chess: the other boy replied “I do maths”. He’s now a professor of pure maths at Cambridge University:))
Chess is a nice hobby! I play chess for like 8-9 years now
But what do you do?
@@orbitaldragon The clue is in my name:))
@@julianhodgson1961 You work at Orange Julius?
wait, you are That jULIAN HODGSON? the chess grandmaster? the young star of the british chess?? Even I, a palooka and not much better than a wood pusher, remember your name... :)
I had a teacher like this in 6th grade math. There was 3 or 4 of us in the class who would fall asleep or get in trouble for talking and she finally had enough and kept us after class one day (recess was after her class). She gave us each a worksheet to do, but had grabbed the wrong copies from the machine and ended up giving us 8th grade papers. We were all done with plenty of time to spare.
Instead of getting upset, she put us in the corner of the room (too late in the year to move us to a different class), and would give us honors worksheets to do while she taught the rest of the class. Then when they were doing their worksheet, she'd teach us what she was teaching her honors class. We were all put in the correct level math the next year; two of us were put in other honors courses as well, like English. Not all kids that "act out" do it because they intend to disrespect; some do it because they're in the absolute wrong class and are bored.
@@paul-x8i I guess you've seen a few Rabbit classes pass by before yours finished ^^
My teacher when I was 8 or so noticed I was good with numbers..not like this girl, she encouraged me but then left..the good news is I then changed school and ended up in her class! I saw her last year after nearly 40 years and she remembered me by name, amazing woman! amazing teacher and a superb mathmetician.
My teachers always just "ignored" me. I read a lot so I was more advanced in English then the rest of my class (I'm German) and instead of trying to entertain me my teachers just didn't complain when I was reading on my phone as long as I answered correctly when they asked me something.
bruh lucky. My country doesn’t allow us to change classes or skip grades, everyone progresses at the “same” rate. I have to sit through the same classes that everyone else attends and have to to further study apt to my standard at home or external teaching centres. Smh wish i could move to a different country
After moving from OK to SC and entering the 4th grade, I practically didn't learn anything new until the 7th grade. The only class I excelled in was a go-at-your-own-pace math class.
It basically ruined me as a good student and I've been a somewhat poor student ever since.
No A's from the 7th grade until freshman year in college. I graduated with a BSEE in 4 years when most took 5.
Interestingly, my grades continued to improve until I finished graduate school with a 3.4. Not great, but pretty good for a still poor student.
I love this scene. It reminds me of Matilda. 😄
Without the bully
What bully?
@@readmydescription2150 The principal was the bully.
Same
i was just about to say this
Teacher: "I would like to return this child"
Principal: "What's wrong with her?"
Teacher: "She's become the teacher"
Child: "I would like to return this teacher"
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Hahahahahaha lol😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂lol child I would like to return this teacher
Lol
Me who still needs to check 9 x 3 in the calculator
Lol
Dont worry youre not alone babe
It’s 27
Me sitting here needing a calculator to figure out what 58 -12 is.
@@hermitsunite953 that would be equal to 46
I like how she throws in the Square root just in case giving the answer didn't already floor the teacher.
And I am a bit confused because the multiplication was trivial compared to calculating the root, yet she was much faster with the former.
The kid's intelligence is impressive, but she still needed to have her behavior set straight.
@@Edi_J Script writer is clueless?
@@Edi_J While it's harder to get a square root, it isn't that much harder. Even without knowing a few tricks to make it easier you can roughly guess what it will be. If too high you go one lower, if too low you go one higher. Given she can multiply a two digit number by a three digit number, she should be able to fairly rapidly come up with the approximate answer fairly quickly.
@@SlimThrull And then theres folks like me who don't even know what Square Root means.
i watched this movie and this little actress aka Mckenna Grace is so damn talented!A future Oscar and Grammy winner!She sings as well...So moving that she makes me cry..I have watched all of her movies since...
name pls
i like her character in young sheldon and she was great in the newest ghost busters movie. she was also in troop zero.
@@onebrids3127
Gifted is a 2017 American drama film directed by Marc Webb and written by Tom Flynn. It stars Chris Evans, Mckenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan, Jenny Slate and Octavia Spencer. The plot follows an intellectually gifted seven-year-old who becomes the subject of a custody battle between her maternal uncle and maternal grandmother.
OK I thought that was her! I hope she continues in Young Sheldon. Thanks!
What's the movie name?
Such a beautiful scene
Mary is McKenna Grace.
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She’s a Calculator yall- I could bring her to my school one day-
I could use her for my next math test.
@@jadabolden3202 yah
@Jump Jack calm down bro
@Jump Jack some of it I find you got to know where the numbers go and how to put them together is the big problem. If you have a formula and you know how to interpret said formula and what to plug where then you can get math done. That's my findings as someone who struggles with mathematics.
yeah man fuck math
McKenna Grace is really gifted to act like this at her age on that time
Ya, i often see her acting as a kid genius and now im starting to think that maybe its cause she is one.
This is SCRIPTED
@@jamedlock83 , lol
She's still pretty impressive and sings well too!
She's a gift to the world.
This movie was so special. The actors did such a phenomenal job. Made me cry so many times.
Reminds me of my late Dad, who could do similar calculations in his head as fast as a calculator. He said that during WWII, when he was in school, there weren't enough paper/pencils for each kid, so he learned to do it all in his head, but I always thought there was something special about his ability to just snap out the answer to some complicated calculation, without even a pause.
Once you learn how to visualize the question it becomes a lot easier.
A friends father, a retired shopkeeper, can do similar maths in his head just because he had to all his life.
@@alfnoakes392 I have OCD and used to compulsively count digit sum sequences all of the time. Forced practice does wonders for mental math abilities.
I've always done instant calculations of the average of large amount of numbers. Not always right, but very close. Too boring to do math tricks like making sure the answer is 100% right.
Did he just standard arithmetic (+.-,*,/) or also exp and ln and differential equations?
Absolutely fantastic movie. Contains my favorite line from any movie ever, that had me in tears of laughter: what she said to the teacher when she found out that her uncle had slept with her, I can remember choking on my beer...was an unpleasant/pleasant moment, funny af.
What movie it is
@@shresthasimantasarmah Gifted
Loved that part! Not only did she know exactly what was going on but she seemed more amused than horrified.
where did u watch it?
@@ivory1076 I downloaded it.
How you know it's a hollywood portrayal of giftedness:
1. Savant like abilities and/or profoundly gifted characters (which, btw, are so rare that it's less than .01% of the population)
2. Teacher who identifies the child as gifted
3. The child solves formulas and works with the best of the best
Realistic portrayals of giftedness:
1. The child is ahead in math and reading, but has gaps in knowledge.
2. Teachers don't identify the child as gifted because they don't do their work on time or forget their homework
3. The child might have autism, adhd, ocd, anxiety or learning disabilities that could interfere with and mask their giftedness
4. They have a higher risk of dropping out of school completely or failing
5. If the child is appropriately identified, the gifted program may not be adequate for their learning needs.
I’m going to guess you don’t like the movie Rain Man 😂
@@brianaguilar8283 I think you misunderstood my point. Rainman (while it did have its flaws) illustrastes what savant syndrome is:
someone with disability (like intellectual disability, autism, etc) who has an outstanding ability to do something. IE: quick calculations, playing any music from memory without training, etc. It's extremely rare (1 in 1m) and not well understood. It is not the same thing as high IQ. Someone with high IQ will grasp new information with few repetitions and use patterns to learn new information. But Hollywood always shows giftedness or high intellect as "savant syndrome' because they dont' really understand either.
Really wise information. May you be blessed for it.
I recommend you watch the movie. In this case, the girl comes from a long line of intelligent people. Her mom, her grandmother, her uncle are all exceptional people.
The mom, however, committed suicide when her daughter was a baby. The grandmother is obsessed with results and pushed her own daughter to the point of suicide.
Her uncle decided to give her as much of a normal childhood as he could. Being the one who is raising her. His own sister was also gifted and he saw what happened to her.
Yeah not the best writing… Even someone who is incredibly gifted won’t know how to multiply or how to calculate the square root of something until they’ve learnt that concept. They’ll probably pick it up much faster than most people, but they’re not going to their first school day with infinite knowledge. Haha hollywood
I know a few high functioning autistic people who are just like her. It's phenomenal mastery of either letters or numbers. They're brilliant.
Yes, I know exactly what you mean and I can see why you would be impressed. I am on the spectrum as well and the same thing happened to me but it is no fun at all.
@@danielhenriquez4327 I understand. Some people can be so judgemental and scared of people of the spectrum. They are often shunned and put aside from society. And yet brains like yours are such a gift to mankind. I once met a guy who was ten years old and he was going at University. He had Asperger and had social issues but he was so brainy I had jawdrops. He could do anything.
adhd is the reason i’m becoming a novelist. my autistic brother might become a plane pilot.
For me it's languages n sociology
To be honest, I kinda resent the fact that autistics with especially low needs are seen as "gifted" across the board - the portrayal in TV and film is just that we always seem to be geniuses regardless of the subject, and it's just not true - for me, I always grasped concepts and drew conclusions quickly, but ask me to do even basic maths and I need a calculator because the numbers won't stay in my head.
As a result, I always felt "less than" watching gifted kids in films and shows, because I used to think "if everyone else like me is so good at everything, what's wrong with me? Why am I so stupid?"
FUN FACTS ABOUT ‘GIFTED’ (2017) (1) In the film, there is an assortment of complex math equations to be solved, for Mckenna to remember them for her scenes, Mckenna and her mother put together a song for her to remember them. (2) Chris Evans and the entire cast and crew for the film adopted a pet from the animal shelter they filmed at. Chris named his dog ‘Dodger’ after the dog who stars in the animated film ‘Oliver and Company.’ (3) Mckenna Grace packed a stuffed seal with her for her travels that’s been in her family for over three decades, the stuffed seal even makes an appearance in the film. The seal’s name is Dee Dee. (4) On set, the cast and crew all had a swear jar that they were required to pay $5 per curse word and $10 per ‘F’ word used. According to Mckenna, Chris still owes money to the jar. According to Chris, he’s ‘In deep.’
After the post credit scene of Deadpool & Wolverine I'm even less surprised by the last fact!
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Teacher's vary a lot in their approach to 'gifted' children. I had one child start kindergarten able to read books, but still spent all of Kindergarten with the rest of the class learning their "ABCs". Some teachers put in extra work to provide appropriate and challenging material to "gifted" students, while others view them as an inconvenience, as they was to focus on providing a standard lesson plan that caters to the 'average' student, and spend any additional effort on improving the performance of their struggling students.
I also have another child that was was evaluated as being a two years ahead in the 'average' math level when in Year 1 but who then spent the next 5 years of primary school doing the same grade level math exercises as the rest of the class (simply got everything done in about 1/4 the allotted time and sat around bored for long periods). Fortunately we have a system of "selective high schools" in our state (NSW) so both boys ended up with a similar ability peer group and the lessons/teaching that was suitable for their needs.
Back in my day there were very few such 'selective' high schools, so I spent all of high school cruising along in the "A" class with minimal effort and got into university with absolutely atrocious study skills and levels of application. Ended up doing OK (in the end), but I'm pretty sure the education system didn't maximise my potential utility to society ;)
I always find it strange that the academic focus of government schools seems mostly concerned about attempting to bring up the bottom 50% of students to attain "average" levels of performance, but often takes a "they'll do fine" attitude to catering to the needs of gifted students. In contrast, other areas of child/adolescent development focus much more of maximizing the potential of the most "gifted" children - examples would be in the areas of sports, music etc (eg. sports coaches are much more focussed on ensuring their "star players" excel than they are on bringing the performance of below average participants up to 'average' levels of performance. Go figure.
good point about the sports/music even art teachers. Teachers in general suck at their job. They just are not prepared to be a good teacher. They are trained to be a teacher that sucks. It might be the school systems fault, the fact that classes are made of too many kids (30 is standard in my country) or maybe kids are badly raised by their parents. But it's like they say "you got to play the hand you've been dealt" and teachers should do with what they have, and look for internal reasons why they suck... if they even realize they suck at their job in the first place. and btw. teachers suck for both gifted and average students. It is sad when potential goes to waste but average students are more important to society just because they are the majority by far.
I would like to make a point about selective high schools, at least in my experience they do not provide adequate levels of challenge as they are still restricted to being not far off the curriculum, especially in mathematics. (I go to one of the very top selective schools.)
@@nebula3415 Probably true. I only went to a normal public high school (non selective) and it seems like my boys enjoyed going to selective HS more than I enjoyed non-selective HS and it also seems that bullying in selective HS is less common than I had found it to be in non-selective HS (due to quite a few of the half of the student population with below average IQ often amusined themselves by annoying the 'smart kids' endlessly) (but that might be due to changes in public schools in general during the past 40 years). They seemed to enjoy the educational experience, although they didn't seem to spend much time on homework/assignments (my youngest is currently in Yr10 and spends about 6 hrs/day gaming vs 1 hr/day doing homework/studying -- but he is in the 'top half' of the selective HS in all subjects, so I can't complain about his study habits if he gets decent academic results.
If they were highly motivated and *wanted* to be more challenged in the subject they are good at, they might find the curriculum a bit pedestrian. But as long as it isn't a mind-numbingly boring as I found non-selective HS it seems OK. Although my eldest quite enjoyed computer science, so did a lot of extracurricular activities (did SDD by external study in Yr 11, did a first year uni CS course at UNSW while in Yr 12 etc.)
@@wealthelife I have to agree with you on the bullying that is significantly reduced, I do think the points you made about it being not mind-numbingly boring are correct although it is not as advanced as I would have liked, I do still believe that it is better then non selective public schools.
In reality most schools do placement tests and/or questionnaires to parents about general levels. It isn't uncommon for some parents (think Asians) to have already run their kids through pre-kindergarten, academic camps, or home schooled their kids through basic math or even reading -- plus general issues such as language and such.
I don't know why some ppl comment negatively on the teacher. She didn't know tht Mary is gifted. She probably thought tht Mary just act up or misbehave and warn her so tht other kids didn't act rude as well.
Totally agreed with u👍.... If that teacher was real badass then she would have behaved rudely with the girl even after knowing about her talent..... She was merely trying to disciplined her....
the thing is: She did not warn her. She tried to embarrass her in front of the other children. Mary's comment, gifted or not, was inconsiderate but so was the teacher's reaction. She should know better than the little girl.
She handled that when she told her and the rest of the class to not speak out of turn. When she made her stand up to test her math skills, it became vindictive.
One job of a teacher is to know the status of their students. Most are too lazy and preoccupied with minutia to give a damn.
Inconsistent writing and/or directing. In this scene, Ms. Bonnie acts like a typical mediocre teacher who assumes that all her children cannot possibly know what 17 + 15 is. When she asks "All right then. Well, what is 57 + 135?" she shakes her head in a sassy way that looks like she expects Mary to fail and be embarrassed in front of everyone.
A minute before that, Ms. Bonnie impatiently waves Mary to stand up and sarcastically (yes) says "These questions are for you because you're so advanced." I say sarcastically because every other thing she says and does shows that she does not believe Mary can do two- or three digit addition.
Later on, the condescending woman suddenly becomes the teacher with a golden heart who helps Uncle Frank support Mary. Maybe she just wants to shag up with him.
The realization when she goes from, "Okay, she's better than everybody here." to "OMG I've got a genius on my hands!" is priceless. She has to check her results with a calculator. (I could do that in my head but it would take a while and I'd have to write down partial answers to add them up. Square root? Forget it.)
57 x 100 (5700) then 50 x 35 I'd go to 3500 and split in half to get (1750) then 7 x 35 I'd split and go to 210 plus the 35 (245) but after that still remembering the 5700 and 1750 and 245 to add would be tough to get while still remembering the original problem 57 x 135. If somebody offered me a couple hundred and two minutes I might get there without writing anything down but it'd have to be in a quiet room. Double digit multiplication I was always good at but triple digit takes more memory than I usually have.
@@chewy98ta28 Easier to do 60 * 135 (or 6 * 13.5 * 100) (= 8100) and then subtract 3 * 135 (= 405).
The teacher is from “Alvin and the chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Correct
that's where I had seen her before!
I knew I remembered her from somewhere
She’s also the worrrrrrrrrst
@@jennas9211she was Zoe
My wife's brother was like that at the same age in northern England. He was removed from his regular school and moved to a better school. Most people from his area didn't go to college, but he did and majored in math. He has been a computer programmer since then, working for the Bank of Scotland.
I still remember starting the first grade, when I could already read. The class was inching it's way through the Dick & Jane books. It felt like a living a nightmare. The teacher once asked us what our favourite colour was. I told her mine was taupe. She said that was not a colour and the class laughed at me. Good times.
I couldn't read when I started first grade, but I learned VERY quickly. When the rest of my class were still reading picture books, I was already reading Stephen King and Tolkien...in English, which is not my native language. And while other kids had comics as bathroom literature, mine was a stack of science magazines.
LOL... You deserved to be laughed at. Nobody's favorite color is taupe. 😄
I always say that my favourite colour is puce. The word just makes me laugh. Puce is dark red with a grey purple tone to it.
Same here. We had the colors of the rainbow around the blackboard and I must have read them 1000 times a day. And they passed out sheets like "circle five elephants, circle seven lions" and I couldn't figure out why she gave us 15 minutes to do ten of these when I was done in a minute.
This was me in Kindergarten with the Buffy and Mack books but I snapped one day in reading group. Each kid read a line. The book went “Buffy went up the slide. Buffy went down the slide. Mack went up the slide…” I started to show my annoyance and the teacher said something to me about being respectful and the next thing I know I’m angrily flipping the pages and reading the whole book with increasing intensity which only took about 20 seconds. Then ranting about how you don’t even need to know all the words because there was a clear pattern in every single book and the next sentence is obvious. It was a scene. Not identifying gifted kids and failing to provide them with an education appropriate for their needs can lead to issues with anger and depression.
That girl: answers the teachers question
Teacher grabs a calculator:
Me: are the teachers even allowed to use calculators I MENA like there smart
Well yeah teachers aren’t all geniuses they’re just adults who got a degree
@@Sarawarawara- kindegarten teacher's don't need a degree, you need a degree in secondary school teaching only.
@@photoballa This Is kindergarten? You don’t learn your times tables that early! Well at least not In England but then again we don’t even have kindergarten here
@@Sarawarawara- this is definitely not year 1 either tho, i think it's reception in UK but anyway, the kids aren't learning 1 + 1 in kindegarden, they didn't learn timetables only addition like 1 + 2 or 3 etc. Only some multiplication for the gifted child
@@photoballa Ahh okay
the way Miss Stevens smirks when Mary shows she does'nt know the answer to the biggest , last problem. That look was mean of the teacher .
Agreed, she just HAD to be right, can’t let a student embarrass you in front of the others that would be the end of the world
@@Conmama19 IKR!
She didn’t smirk cause she was right, her hopes were getting high believing she had a child genius & since she ain’t answer right away she just moved on.
@@lizette1881 cool way to look at it. Merry Christmas from NZ x
@@lizette1881 either way she should respect her elders
I love when the track starts playing…
This was such an emotional movie. Brilliantly done.
Great film love this, had me the whole time.
Plus Mckenna Grace at 11 years old played Mary so well she had me believing and still does.
Shame she missed out on the Best Young Actress 2017.
She had my vote.
When you're too much of a genius, the simple things makes everything boring...
She has 2 of the greatest lines in movie history. "Now, what does adnauseam mean?" and "Nobody likes a smart-ass!"
I had a hs science class where everyone including myself the back of the class screwed around all class & barely passed. That was until a smart kid started mouthing off how dumb we all were. He mouthed off so much that I took him up on a bet for the next test. He was so confident, he put money on it. As it turned out, he lost that bet and all future bets. The teacher wanted to know how I did it. That wasn't the right question. The real question was why. Once you have the motivation, you can figure out the how by class preparation pretty easily. Biggest lesson of my life.
One of the best comments on Life I have ever read.
When I was in middle school I never paid attention during literature class. I read a book the entire time.
Another student raised her hand to say “Sophia is reading in class!”
And my teacher asked me, “Sophia, what is your grade in this class”
I started blushing because I didn’t want to brag, but I answered “100.” And all my classmates gasped 😂
My teacher said “I don’t care if she’s bouncing on the walls! As long as she makes grades like that she can do whatever she wants in class”
That shut that little snitch real fast, and it felt like a main character moment to me
Wow you are smart
During Chemistry class in my junior year of high school I pretty much just read or did other things, sitting in the back, not bothering anyone. The teacher hated me and refused to approve my taking AP Chemistry in my senior year. I went to the front office to complain and they called her in. She said she didn't think I was "suit to such an advanced course", the Principal asked what grade I was carrying, she tried to deflect and I interrupted saying "Sir, I have a 100% grade on everything in the course for the year so far." Yet the bitch still refused to approve it and the spineless Principal wouldn't override her.
Similar story in high school Algebra class. I read science fiction books during most of the class - and aced the class. This was a new teacher and she quite teaching after that because she could not handle a student like me.
I was not exceptionally gifted; but did graduate college as an engineer with high honors due to my grades, and took a lot of extra math classed just because I was interested in math (turns out I was one class short of a math minor - had I known I would have taken another math class).
Not going to lie, this movie made me tear up bad!! 🥺 Literally such a heartbreaking and heartwarming movie!! 🥰🥺
What movie is this
@@carycimino7699 it's called -Gifted!
The girl's a genius!
It’s a film
@Jump Jack Being good at arithmetic may not be a sign of being good at math, and not being good at arithmetic doesnt necessarly invalidate your intelligence but being good at it definetly can be a sign of intelligence
@Jump Jack No. Human arithmetic isn't computational ability at all, it's more about recognizing patterns and therefore learning tricks to massively speed up arithmetic
@Jump Jack Pattern recognition defines intelligence
No, most people are idiots! It annoys me no end when I hear "Math is hard (whine)!" Math is not hard, not even Calculus. It is just taught terribly and children have been given a pass for decades by using that line. Math is the only thing you will EVER learn that follows a consistent, logical set of rules without exceptions. Compare that to Biology, English, History, Geography, and even sports that are full of exceptions, nonsense, and sometimes outright contradictions. Part of that is due to the federal government changing the Math curriculum in the late 50' and early 60's to the "New math" in order to rush out a lot of engineers for the space program. They needed well trained "grunts" (aka computers) to do the calculations. The system was never fixed after they broke it.
Moral message: you can be rebel bad student in the classroom unless if you are equal or smarter than your teacher
Smarter people tend to rebel because rules restrict their imagination.
@@IssyFishyy Perhaps. But often it is just due to being bored by totally unchallenging/repetitive/simple tasks designed for the 'average' student.
@@wealthelife
Yes, schools are designed for average people.
That’s why both gifted and special-needs kids receive an unorthodox education.
@@wealthelife it seems to me that they're designed for the lower end of average. why would we see so many straight A+ students if not? and why would straight A be the expectation if not?
@@quarepercutisproximum9582 There's also a lot of politics/parental ego-massaging involved in public education. It is easier for a teacher/school to award 30% of the students an "A" and minimize friction with helicopter parents, than it is to only give an "A" to the top 10% in each subject (which would mean only around 2%-5% of students could achieve "straight A's") and have endless conflict with parents about whether little Johnny/Betty 'deserves' an 'A' rather than a 'C'. I'm not sure that such ego-boosting is ultimately good for the students -- they end up bewildered why they didn't get into an 'ivy league' college, or why there aren't a CEO and billionaire by age 30...
The lady enacting the teacher's role is brilliant.
she used to be on Saturday Night Live
It isn't always a blessing to be that intelligent.
Amazing scene. Gives me chills every time. The teachers acting is amazing and the accompanying music makes the scene powerful and somehow whimsical.
0:20 gets me everytime 🤣🤣
This is basically Matilda 😂
Yea the off brand 😭😭
She’s smarter then Matilda
@@thatrobloxvegangirl0976 nope
@@Braticaloptimism yes she is/
@@thatrobloxvegangirl0976 Not actually.
My older brother (now gone) was somewhat like that. At the grocery store he could have a total cost of all the items before the checker had rung them up. Yes, he was good with numbers.
My HS friend could calculate the mpg as the numbers were rolling up on the gas pump - he'd randomly grab a gallon and tenths number and spit out the mpg, were that the full amount of the tank fill-up from previous trip... then when he got to the actual "full" value - he'd tell you what percentage the MPG had dropped by from the previous calculation he'd given. Last saw him in 1975, no idea where he ended up, I've never been to a HS class reunion. I checked him once on the first electronic calculator I had access to, and he wasn't wrong...
@@lylestavast7652 It has to bring a smile to your face. Sometimes, one of the best things I can think of would be to sit down with an old friend and have a cup of coffee or a beer.
McKenna Grace deserved an Oscar for this performance.
Shes such a great actress bruv
This is the first thing I've ever seen with McKenna Grace, I had no idea she started so young. The first thing I ever saw her in was Young Sheldon, followed by The Handmaid's Tale. She is an outstanding actress!
Don't know why people are villianizing the teacher. She wasn't "talking down" on the child. She was trying to teach her a lesson on good behaviour and not act out. Kids aren't exempt from receiving a penalty on disrespect. A teacher is there to educate as well as set an example and punish a student if need be.
Are you a teacher?
@@bestmoviesever1 Nope.
@@rileysjonger4192 Me neither, just curious.
@@bestmoviesever1 Alrighty den
So her method of embarrassing this little girl in front of her peers is valid? I don't think so. She could've said that you shouldn't be saying that since it's mean etc but embarrassing somebody in this way is pretty mean and though Mary's comment was inconsiderate so was the teacher's behaviour but as a teacher you should know better than a first grader.
POV: the most satisfying thing everyone can agree with
*teacher sees two kids talking to each other*: "hey you! answer this question"
Kid: ok! *answers it correctly*
*teacher is speechless*
me: this is better than any satisfying vid anyone could ever create 😌
That teacher is beautiful.
She is a bonnie lass.
I love this kid, she was excellent in Troop Zero.
*my phone calculator confirmed that the girl gave the right answers.*
Actually, gifted children like her do exist. In college I had a differential equations upper division course and in the class was a 8 year old boy who was taking the course. He was so young when he sat down in the auditorium style folding chair his feet didn't touch the floor. The room had to be an auditorium because one equation could take up all 3 large blackboards mounted on 3 sides of the room. I befriended him that semester and he was a normal 8 year old except for his very gifted math-sense. He was also very polite and well mannered unlike how the little girl in this movie,
That's cool. I still think a child should have a good child hood though and hang around/go to school with people their own age even if they are incredible gifted like that. No need to rush them through life like that. I hope the kid has a great life.
I wouldn’t befriend an 8 year old. It’s wrong. He needs friends who are his age.
@@strugglingcollegestudent He needs to connect with people on his level for the various areas of life. For many of those areas, the 8 year old should spend time with 8 year olds. For some other areas, it may be a 12 or 20 year old.
@@dannylaza1326 Why would you have any kid go to school?
@@petermgruhn I meant before things went crazy
the teacher is a very good actress. the whole scene is based on her reactions to a kid spitting out numbers.
She’s hot.
Been there, done that... nothing worse than being so young and so gifted, then becoming the teachers pet. (Jealous school kids will make your life pure hell, until you stop showing you are better than everyone else and decide to keep a low profile and just blend in.)
I came across this movie in April, 2023. So far I've watched it only 8 times.
I remember my son's first grade teacher snagging me in the school lot and asking me to come up with my son to the classroom. She showed me his standardized test scores and said she had never in all her years teaching seen scores like his. She said teachers get a separate report on each student with different information, and my son's were beyond anything in any of the reports she had seen. She showed me my version, which she said was off the charts, and she showed me her version, which gave a more comprehensive overview of my son's class and the national information. My boy is a doctor now, and I still see that teacher quite often and remind her how awesome she is for recognizing his intellect.
Most doctors are a bit above average intelligence but far from genius. Otherwise they'd be plumbers.
That feeling when you own the teacher
This is not THAT difficult, unless the teacher is mean and takes revenge by giving you lower marks... So you simply wont dare to. Because, the typical teacher isnt teacher because he is almost a genius, but its because he is a mediocre. Once upon a time, becoming school teacher was a good carrier for a poor but gifted village girl (or boy). Think Anne from the Green Hiils / Gables . But in our times, where college and universitet are in practice open to all, its usually the mediocre ones whom become teachers, the bright ones and hardworkers, proceed into professionals or scientists... Take the example of musicians; the weaker musicians become teachers, the good become orchestra members, the excellent become solists and concert musicians. (solists)...
1:14 “ your so full of yourself! “
*you’re
This is what teaching class with John Von Neumann in it must have felt like. Guy did calculus at 8
My son is well ahead in math. He had picked up 4tg grade math while in 1st grade. Being back in person in school, he has been called a nerd so often that he refuses to keep doing it.
The mental anguish, behavioral health stuff is real. I wish it wasn't. I can see many kids just ending up in a worse place if they were gifted. But this is humanity we have created...we reward and exalt the worst of us and vilify those who have a brain.
The sheeple will always try to downgrade someone with better knowledge, technique/prospects.
hopefully your son will be shown how to counter this by whatever means is necessary...
😂I'm stupid
😂 same
ok...
@A A cuz you're smarter than this lil girl, right?
I wish I could have a date with that teacher 🥰 So earnest and caring.
I like how the teacher was trying to discipline Mary but then got intrigued by her.
You _like_ that she was trying to use public humiliation as discipline?
@@DerpDevilDD If that’s what you thought I meant then sure.
I think that was more or less being terrified - not intrigued...
No she got owned. By a child.
I'm nauseated by how the teacher was trying to discipline Mary.
'... what does ad nauseam mean?' Priceless. Reminds me of the time that I saw the 5-year-old Drew Barrymore on Carson.
Speaking as a seasoned math teacher of varying levels, never underestimate the talents God has given others. I have been blessed to witness and oversee others' growths, and I am thankful for the opportunity to contribute.
As a child i was gifted at maths. However i was weak on subtraction and that worried me. I looked around and all the other kids seemed to be confident doing subtraction there I was worrying. I pondered on it for some time I was 6 at the time. I suddenly worked out the solution. I was very fast at addition and if you took the subtraction answer and added to the subtraction amount it would equal the initial amount. So suddenly it became very easy for me as i could instantly check my results. One day the teacher tested all 30 kids in the class on subtraction, 7 kids had one set of anwsers (I was one of the 7) the other 23 had identical answers. As a test the teacher told the class the seven kids had it wrong. Four of them immediately accepted this two others and me argued the point until one by one the others accepted this point. I was 6 i argued the point for 20 minuites before breaking down into tears. Then the teacher revealed i was correct and this was a test. Sometimes the teachers can be quite mean.
Teacher: what is 9+8=
Her: 17
Me: ummmm.......
There was a proverb "To be Lucky, Intelligence is not important but to be Intelligent, Luck is important at the very fetus"😌
Luck is simply a retrospective view/evaluation of past random occurrences - it is not an intrinsic property. i.e. someone has been lucky or unlucky, it isn't a property that applies to future events (except in fiction)
Yes all human intelligence match almost 99.9% but in view of developmental psychology we are not equal and we all have different potential.
Every kid has hold they’ll teacher say come on babe get up babe it’s always with the babe😂
"And change." Priceless.
The real marvel here is that the teacher did nor dismiss her but took the time to explore a very unlikely possibility that could help better this child life.
Based on the teacher's body language (impatiently waving her to stand up, sassy shaking of her head while quizzing her, saying "well" and turning away when Mary hesitated, etc.) I don't believe she was aware of how smart she was. Later on, when the director decided they needed a teacher with a heart of gold, she became more caring and more into shacking up with Uncle.
bruh apart from the main plot in the film, this film taught me HOW CRUEL of a mother Evelyn was that even her own DAUGHTER Diane didn´t want her mother to do with any of the success she´d get from her solving the millennium problem. like How bad of a mother are you that your daughter resented you that much.
Not to mention ripping away her granddaughter from the only parent she has known. Putting her cat in a shelter, while going against court orders (that could have put her in very hot waters, legally), and attempting to do the same to her granddaughter as she did to her daughter.
This movie was great. I did find it quite funny how they were constantly trying to hide how muscular Chris Evans is.
Her obsession overrode her maternal concern for her daughter's well-being. Being hell bent on solving this millennial problem meant pushing her daughter past the brink. No time for quality of life or pursuing the usual age appropriate milestones. Diane solved it, but in punishment hid it from her mother. What damage was done cost her life. Sadly, Evelyn didn't learn from that tragedy and was set to carry on with Mary, but thankfully Frank intervened by presenting the finished proof.
Part of me thinks he could have avoided the whole thing by giving Evelyn Diane's proof to start with, but....he was trying to abide by her wishes.
“In this class we don’t speak unless spoken to” doesn’t work with smart kids, they’ll wonder who gives you the right to silence them.
My 3rd grade teacher had the same look on her face because I didn't "show my work" doing math. I asked her why she expected me to "show her something" that I didn't have to do? I told her she was just making me do extra work for no reason. She then informed me it was to help me find my mistakes. I asked her ..."Did I make any mistakes?" to which, she answered "No". It was an interesting exchange with a teacher at that age for sure.
Hat's off to you. So many teachers patronize their students, it's sad. Math was hard for me...reading on the other hand I excelled at. Spelling too. Never had to study. Nevertheless, my report cards didn't reflect my advanced reading skills. But our provincial vocabulary exams sure did.
Putting the teacher REALLY in her place by adding up that last Ad-Nauseum line in the form of a naive question
...that was the genius part
The movie does prove a point. If a student feels that they are not being challenged, then they can be disrupted.
Or even disruptive...
This was my daughter at that age. I live in Florida where teacher pay is tied to classroom performance. The minute they discovered my daughter was profoundly gifted she became a trade commodity between the teachers. It took years of fighting with the schools to get her a proper education. It was a constant fight, almost a daily one. The fight ended when she turned 15 and went off to college. Even that was a fight with the public school. But the college accepted her without hesitation and gave her a full scholarship. She graduated her undergraduate with 2 degrees and was the class valedictorian. She now working on her PhD.
For children like yours and mine almost all schools are counterproductive and entrepreneurship or Thiel “Scholarship” ($100,000 NOT to attend college) makes sense.
Where she will spend the rest of her life begging for money and have to play in the accepted academic parameters or be ostracized. Clovis first or covid - she just invested a lot of time, energy, and her whole identity into a complete sham.
I’m interested to see how my grandson fits in to kindergarten this fall, his grandma and mother are teachers and have been reading to him for years, of course he can read already, amazing vocabulary and has pretty advanced social skills, hope he doesn’t get too bored initially , we’ll have to keep an eye out
Don't send him there.
Hope things worked out for your grandson. I understand there are AP or IB classes from kindergarten or grade one? Maybe that would be the stream to get him on.
1:22 that face was priceless!
*family given lectures*
Your a little cheat you saw the paper!
Listen you little Wise-Acher, I’m smart, your dumb, I’m big your little, I’m right your wrong and there’s nothing you can do about it!
Are you stupid or dumb?
The Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree!
Your a wormwood you start acting like one!
Hey dip face! Have a marshmallow! Have any marshmallow dip face, heh! Dip face!
The way she stood up at 0:53 was spot on perfect. Her acting was totally believable.
I think it’s so funny is that she’s giving her these math problems and then she has to figure it out herself to see if she’s right.
I was in an intro to calculus course my senior year of high school. I guess the teacher thought I was not paying attention, called my name and asked me to come up to the front and solve the problem there. It was to write down the first derivative of a formula with exponential and trig terms in it. I glanced at the formula on the way up to the board and immediately wrote down the answer, turned and smiled. We became friends after that. I don't think I ever told her how I did that... it was from a short paperback I had read over the summer.
Is this like connected to Matilda?
It’s a really great movie you should check out. A man tries to raise his niece and things get complicated when it turns out she’s super intelligent
@@WyattoonsComics name please?
One of the best movies streaming online.
GIFTED
The looks on the other kids faces are also priceless 😊
"Once she does the work that I assign to everyone in the class THEN I might consider giving her more advanced work". A direct quote from a teacher who had to teach a child with a higher IQ than the teacher's.
Not a bad thing. Kids need to learn the discipline to do the mundane things in life. When you grow up and get a job, 90% of your work is beneath you. Not everything in life is exciting and new. It's the 10% that keeps you going. If you won't do the 90%, you won't keep a job, because nobody cares if you love it or not, they need that 90% done. Then, you get to do the 10%. Now the flip side is, if 100% of your job is beneath you, find something else. You will be a miserable human being that dreads getting out of bed every day.
@@johnanderson7076 I disagree. The only thing that the kid takes away from that teacher is that the kid really doesn't have to the work. It comes easy at that stage so at an early age they are taught that they DON'T have to put in any effort in every day tasks. Those tasks are too easy. When you're talking about a 6 or 7 year old CHILD, they don't take away the lessons that you point out. They take the easy path.
If the teacher doen't challenge them early on, they will never learn to rise to ANY challenge they encounter during their lifetime.
@@johnanderson7076 lol no, very little in school is particularly useful, especially for advanced students, its Government funded Daycare, I wasn't nearly as advanced as this girl, but advanced nonetheless, and it was a complete waste of time. I blitzed through every book given to me in a day or two and had to painfully wait for everyone to catch up over the course of months.
@@keithfilibeck2390 To a certain extent, you're correct. There are hidden benefits though. It's useful to learn how discipline yourself and to help others do mundane tasks. Let's face it. 85% of the jobs you do at work are beneath you. You do the 85% so you can do the 15%. Learning how to do the small things and how to cooperate with others is key to success in life. In America, school is not for the intelligent. It is for the low and average. The goal is not for the brightest to succeed, it's for everyone to "pass". It's Harrison Bergeron come to life. Fortunately, the bright kids will take what's taught in school and go out and extend their knowledge themselves. Quite often they are self-taught.
What I hope we all get from this discussion is that, IF you know your child is advanced, you need to discuss their education trajectory with the school beforehand. That way, your child doesn't end up stalled and bored with an indifferent or overworked teacher who has a set grade curriculum and no means to deviate from it or to provide enriched/advanced studies for her gifted student(s).
The old "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
Everybody gangsta untill 2 year old recites theory of relativity
This girl is so awesome 🌟
Great movie and McKenna Grace (Mary) is adorable!
This is an excellent film , so good bought it on dvd.
I grew up having difficulties to learn. Then, when I went to the university I had a professor who believed in me and challenged me. It was with him that I discovered that I could remember an incredible amount of information and once I had it all in my mind, that I could reason things almost no one else in the classroom could understand. For one test, I memorized a whole book and realized that it was something extraordinary because of a classmate not believing that I was able to spill it back page by page. At some point in my life, I played games with people from whom I asked that they would give me a list or random things and then I told them what the items on the list were and years later they came back with the list and I was able to tell them the items in order, backwards, the items' numbers and having been told the numbers, the items that belonged to each number.
No one would ever know how much I suffer growing up feeling that I was stupid, when all I needed was someone to believe that I wasn't and to help me.
Lord please bless me with a brilliant child like her
I love it when teachers get owned!!!!
Didn't see that - she was trying to get an idea of where this student was in math in a short time. The girl exhaled with the final question to which the teacher didn't embarrass her by waiting when she didn't think she could answer. Only when she did, did the teacher quickly check and realised what this student was capable of. It's easy to make presumptions after a clip. Hindsight is always 20/20 .
@@dj3114 No, the teacher gave the girl a problem that she didn't think she would be able to do, because she was trying to embarrass her into silence.
@@omp199 Again, didn't see that. I saw her trying to determine the capability of the student. This was just accelerated. Hopefully, we can agree that we took different opinions from it.
@@dj3114 Okay. I might have interpreted the scene wrongly.
"What kind of school is this anyway?"
She's so adorable. I watch out for McKenna Grace movies and tv shows. She's going to go far.
Easily one of the most underrated movies of the past 10 years
She sounds like the girl who plays Gidget on secret life of pets ( she is right?! Ima look it up)
Edit: ok I looked it up, and she is!