| Risks with Gifted Children (When gifted children are not accelerated) |
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| Early Underachievement Locked into a curriculum where they must repeat what they already know, gifted children can only underachieve. While they appear like achievers on the surface, inside they are stifling their gifts. |
| Loss of interest and joy It is in the critical early primary years that gifted children feel their natural curiosity and energy. |
| Social isolation Kept apart from other gifted children, high ability students often feel isolated and alone. Seeing no others like them, they continue the role of class oddities. |
| Poor coping skills An inability to cope with new academic or creative challenges, especially later in life. |
| Avoidance of opportunity Tendency among some children to avoid challenging and risky work in order to secure their customary "A" grade. |
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