Dr. Amos Wilson (1941-1995) Discusses Education of Gifted Children
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP99H_d_0JI&NR=1
If this were a class for gifted White children, the scene would have gone down something like this:
A four-year-old was able to spell: bizarre, fiduciary, mendacious, salacious, nepotism, asphyxiophilia and necrophagy.
Upon examination, she demonstrated to the satisfaction of all present that she knew the definitions of all of the terms.
However, tried as she might; she was neither capable of spelling the word, nor understanding the concept of, defrocked.
Doreen Ellen Bell-Dotan, Tzfat, Israel
DoreenDotan@gmail.com