Participant Generated Questions

Directions:   Use the space provided to answer questions. Please answer questions as fully as possible, using 3 or more sentences if you can.  It is best to answer a few questions fully, rather than giving short responses to all the questions. If you don’t want to respond to a question, skip it and go on. You can come back and answer later if you want. Try to answer some or all questions from each category to paint a vivid picture of your experiences. Once you hit the SUBMIT button, the information you provide is collected and you will be returned to the “home” page.

You can print out the questions to think about and then answer them, if you wish. A mailing address, fax number and email address are listed at the end of this set of questions for you to use to send in your responses.

The Personal Side of Giftedness

[A]    Submersion is when someone "hides" themselves in a setting to not show their abilities. Do you (or anyone you know) do this? Why do you (they) do it?

[B]    How does life (or school) force gifted people to underachieve?

[C]    Do you feel awkward because you are smarter than siblings, teachers, or even parents?

[D]   How are you pressured by parents, teachers, or others because you are gifted?

[E]    Do you enjoy being gifted? Explain.

[F]    Do you ever wish you were NOT gifted? Explain.

[G]   Is there anything special about your environment that helped (or held back) your giftedness?

[H]   Are you okay with being known as a gifted person? How so?

[I]     What is the most and least important thing to you about being gifted?

[J]     How does your family deal with your giftedness?

[K]   If you could change anything about your life, what would you change?

[L]    If you could change anything about the world, what would it be?

[M]  Is there anything I didn't ask that I should have? Explain.

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Robert Arthur Schultz, Ph.D.
The University of Toledo
Gifted Education and Curriculum Studies
2801 W. Bancroft St.
Mailstop 924
Toledo, OH  43606
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