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Gifted student case study

Joy is a teenage student from a middle school in Florida; she just completed her seven grade a few months ago. Joy is among the few minority students in her school; having been among the few African-Americans in her school, she has faced various racial discrimination from other students. Joys come from a humble family where getting the school fees for joys has been an uphill task. However, Joy was able to face every challenge of racial discrimination since she was very young at the age of five years.

Joy family background

Both of Joy's parents are undergraduates, where the mother is a graduate nurse while her father is a professional college teacher. Both the parents believe all students in school are equal, and they can achieve their highest goals through support from both the parents and teachers. They also believe that parents should ensure no or minimum domestic violence for a student to perform well. However, the family faces many economic challenges since Joy's father lives with his parents, who are suffering various chronic diseases. Since most of the resources are spent to gather for health care issues, Joy's father is sometimes unable to support his children's education as he could wish.

Education background

Joy's father noted that her daughter was a gifted student before even she had enrolled in school. Joy is the second and the lastborn of her family. The elder child is called George, and Joy has been having outstanding interaction since childhood because they could collaborate to accomplish their domestic duties. When Joy was yet to enroll in school, George was already in grade three. The father realized the Joy was gifted, particularly in mathematics, when he noted the girl could handle mathematical problems through couching from his father when guiding George through his homework at grade three.

In the evening, when the father was couching George during the evening could become curious at a very young which made to invite Joy during the coaching process evening, surprising Joy started performing better than her brother, who was at school by then. In mathematics, Joy could also show some interest in science, drama, and art even before enrolling in school. When Joy enrolled in school, teachers could not recognize and nurture Joy's various talents while in grade one.

Although the girl has unique talents in solving mathematics and complex science concepts than her peers, she possessed other negative social psychological factors that made other students reprimand and distance themselves from Joy. In grade two, the child could not interact with her peers reproductive, and in most cases, she could be found alone, which made the teachers think she was depressed. Most students in her school nicknamed Joy "the girl of her own world" since she should not explain any social activities.

Mr. Andrew, a senior teacher, had attended some extra courses on gifted and talented education, became concerned about Job. From grade two, the teacher decided to monitor and coach the girl to perform even much better in mathematics sciences. At that young age, the girl could not have been exposed to guidance and counseling. Still, Mr. Andrew decided to keep her company while engaging her in special gifted education programs in mathematics and sciences.

Mr. Andrew realized Joy was talented in remembering details, facts, and concepts. The other advantage that made it easier to nurture Joy's talent, Mr. Andrew could consult and collaborate with other teachers and Joy's family. To ensure the girl continues to perform well and improves social interaction with other students, Joy comfortably attending school and interacting with other students from most white students.

In grade three, Joys, through her parents and teacher Andrew's support, became an excellent student in Mathematics. Based on the quantitative battery and nonverbal battery test exposed to all students, Joy could score an average of ninety-eight percent in all the examinations. Although at grade three, the student was still timid to interact with other students seems more comfortable and interested in what was happening around the school.

From grade three until now, she has just completed grade three; Joy has been identified as a talented student in the entire school. The school has been taking measures and sponsor Joy for more educative programs across the United States to realize her broader dreams in education. Joy participated in so many programs, such as the "Program for the Enrichment of Academic Knowledge." She has performed exemplary well; while she was in grade, she qualified for the talented art program. Immediately, before the start of the grade seven examinations, she had been chosen to participate in the award of honors at the state level. The school director has already set funds for Joy to enhance all her talents even after leaving the school and joining other higher education schools in the future. Mr. Andrew, on the other hand, has become the closest friend in the Joy's family to continue nurturing the girl.