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Show Novembet Sunday 19. 1978 The Gifted' Child: THK HERALD Provo. Utah -- Page 65 Overcoming Genus, Equality Handicaps itoniuiuefl irom rage ii we'll have to rely on the brains of our " people as our natural resource in a sharf Last summer China departure from the egalitarian policies of Mao Tsetung - launched a program of special training for students based not on their political background as before but on their brain power The New York Times reported the innovation, called a search for men of talent to help China became a modern industrial power by the year 2000 Even in the classless society ." of the Soviet Union concern over elitism is overshadowed by the practicality of finding and educating the gifted As early as 1971. the I'SSR boasted 536 special schools with 1.804 classes - BiHhi jI Ik for gifted children spotted competitive Olympiads' competition turned up a through One such boy French spoke fluent English German and Polish, despite the fact he lived in a distant village where none of those languages were known In addition, there is a special school at the Moscow Conservatory for the musically gifted The government calls it the "cradle of talents'' and brags that it is unique in the world The Soviet program has not been who ElH 8' without dissent In psychology 1975. Moscow-Universit- professor A that grouping Leontev complained children into talented and "nontalen-ted- " groups implied that one person will be good only for a watchman whilp another could be a math genius This, he said, tended to rate the prestige of a profession on the biological gifts of an individual a view shared by some but the Soviet American critics Olympiad goes on - Concern for IS SHOWN TRAFFIC flowing over the Melbourne, Australia, Weit Gate Bridge, which opened toll pait week. It took construction workers 11 years to com n. W 16 H, plete the project at a cost oi $200 million. And as this photo shows, the bridge already is being heavily traveled. (UPI Telephoto) 22. 1978 across-the-boar- d equality generally hamstrings gifted child programs in Britain, especially under the egalitarian Labor government, but efforts to provide something exceptional for the exceptional are being made, if only in private schools. Education corresponent Diana Ged-de- s recently summed up the situation this way in the London Times "Mrs. Shirley Williams, Secretary of State for Education and Science, has gone on record as saying that special provision should be made within comprehensive schools for the gifted, but on the whole, she tends to keep rather quiet about it, no doubt realizing that singling out the gifted for special attention would not go down well with some of the left wing members of the Labor Party It is clear tha' much unsung activity is going on in education to meet the needs of gifted children The situation is certainlv much better than it was five years ago but provision for the gifted is still fairly limited, relatively uncoordinated and largelv exploratory " very-patch- If such provisions are in an ex ploratory state in the United State a! least the exploration is vigorous and the sheer essence of Yankee became quite upset The school boards became upset because we were taking their youngsters particularly their - gifted The Chancellor ruled we had even right to do that as long as their districts didn t provide a similar program St the other districts now are introducing " programs For all their brilliance children in classes for the gifted are not sirnplv miniature adults - a point every teacher in the Brooklyn program is at pains to emphasize Commenting on the evident lack ol the usual childhood squabbling in her v classroom. Elaine Seigel put it thi-wa- competitiveness tends to spur it even m school districts where resistance has been high The New York Astor Program was launched in Garner's Brooklyn district and he was swift to lend it a businessman's logic "In recruiting children with giftedness. we advertised and got a number of children from other districts." he said "The other districts Very rarely do they fight They are thinking animals and because they become so engrossed in what they're doing, they seem to be more interested in discussing and talking about what they want to do than pulling and grabb-inthe way most 4 and would But you mustn't ever forget no matter how unusually able the children - Israelis Request U.S. Aid of $3.3 Billion - AdWASHINGTON lUPIi ministration officials are studying a re quest from Israel outlining an estimated $3 3 billion that country-believeit needs in U.S. aid because of the Camp David agreements Israeli Finance Minister Simcha Ehrlich. who presented the memorandum to Treasury Secretary Michael Blumenthai, would not reveal to reporters Tuesday either the type or amount of economic aid Israel wants. But the Israeli press reported Israel wants $3 3 billion in economic aid. mostly to help finance construction of new- bases to deploy Israeli troops from the Sinai to the Negev deserts. The request also reportedly includes $500 million to resettle Israelis from the Sinai settlements. n And sources at the peace talks say the aid request could reach as high as $3.75 billion in a Israeli-Egyptia- r, loan However, American sources said the j request will almost certainly be cut back by the administration. The money would be in addition to the $2 4 billion Israel already has requested in military and economic aid for next year, according to unofficial Israeli sources "I spoke on the importance of financial aid." Ehlich told a news conference Tuesday "As I know that he is deeply interested in Blumenthai keeping peace in our region, I am sure he will be our advocate." Blumenthai said bilateral aid was not his responsibility, but that he would forward Ehrlich's presentation to other administration officials Asked if he would characterize himself as an advocate of special aid to Israel. Blumenthai replied. "No, I would not." Blumenthai is chairman of the U S. delegation to the U.S. Israeli Joint Com- mittee for Investment and Trade, which met Tuesday. SHADE A-NORB- EST are thev re still children and they reflect the needs that most children have I think, if anything they need so much more than other children, but they are still children physically, " emotionally socially Michael Gary Tauman. who is emphatic that his age is six and proved her point He can add columns of figures in his head faster than most adults can handle them with a pencil but the thrill of mathematics was quickly upstaged by the prospect of having his name appear in a newspaper article Mv mother always wanted me to be a movie star but said to myself, why don't I be in the paper instead," he said wriggling with excitement "1 thought I'd never be in the paper Please send that paper to my home so " my mother can see it For that reason children in the Astor program progress at their own speed, pursuing their own interests, and even being restrained if they try, as many-dto charge onward into higher levels of learning before their teachers feel they are ready Scott Rau is reading at the 9th grade level - the highest offered by the school and he s unhappy about it "It's too easy, he said "We're at level 9 and that's the hardest you can get We want to get into higher levels, but they gotta make higher levels We can t get any higher that's our problem ." Teacher Joyce Rubin explained the brakes necessary for Scott's eagerness Many of them can read beyond these levels." she said, "but I want to make sure they don t lose the beauty of the word ... to understand symbolism, the analogies, the figures of speech. It would be easy for me to get higher materials That would impress certain people and they would be comfortable but I wonder how much we'd lose. I don't want them to lose a thing I want them to get everything that they can " get At the administrative level, Kaplan campaigns for the same treatment and concern at home on the part of three-quarter- s 1 sometimes overeager parents "Pressure from a parent can become a weapon of rebellion in a child," he l?k6 tho French ?giH "PAropfooHing stuff geese is terrible." Wor Mi MBMa"BM"aBIW 4' -- GRADE TURKEYS FRESH TURKEYS GRADE A TURKEYS NORBEST GRADE A MANOR HOUSE BUTTER BASTED READY TO COOK SELF BASTED 10 to 23 lbs. 10 to 23 lbs. Government Lots ol White Your Best Inspected! Moat! 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