In the United States, if you ask teachers, "Are there children whom we should call 'gifted?'", many if … - Howard Gardner

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Fathers, yours is an eternal calling from which you are never released. Callings in the Church, as important as they are, by their very nature are only for a period of time, and then an appropriate release takes place. But a father's calling is eternal, and its importance transcends time. It is a calling for both time and eternity.

Howard Gardner

In the United States, if you ask teachers, "Are there children whom we should call 'gifted?'", many if not most will say 'No. ' That's the politically correct answer. But if you then ask the teacher to rank order students in terms of how well they paint or write or dance, they'll have little difficulty in doing so.

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