Knowledge of students and student needs

Yeung Yi: Yeung Yi is a Gifted and Talented student from an educated and

economically well-off family. Both of his parents are doctors, and they hold high

expectations for Yeung Yi. The family has toured Harvard while on vacation and

discusses college regularly. Yeung Yi’s grades are outstanding, and he stays busy

participating in art club, orchestra, National Geography Bee, baseball, and UIL

academic competitions. He puts a lot of pressure on himself because he wants to

get into a highly selective college after high school. Though he loves playing his

cello, he has had a few panic attacks while practicing his solo. He has told his

mother that he isn’t good enough to have a solo, though his teacher believes

differently. When he makes a grade he feels is unacceptable, he gets very upset

and may hit the wall with his hand.