Gifted children are national and global resources who have the potential to
enrich us in multifaceted ways. They are generous and committed to ideas of justice
and fairness towards their school, community and society. Gifted children grow into
gifted adults who benefit their society through their gifts and abilities. They become
scientists, doctors, lawyers, artists or pursue other professions with a positive impact.
They tend to seek activities and careers that allow them to give back to their world in
some way. To foster their talents is in our own self-interest, so that they will enhance
the technical, cultural and economic well-being of civilization. It is a paradoxical
statement to state that gifted students could possibly underachieve.


Beyond the societal loss, the gifted child who
underachieves also bears personal losses, learning advancements and opportunities for
personal growth and development that are thwarted by academic underachievement of
gifted students.