Gifted discussion

The Gifted kids classroom...

Eli showed up for class. So far nobody was in here. That was good. Less for him to hide from. He couldn't stand crowded rooms. It was like trapping a helpless bug and blowing one of those bottles filled with air in it's ears. It was sometimes to much. He walked over and found a seat by the window, in the back of course.

Aria walked in and sat down next to Eli- per usual. Ms. Williams had paired them up since their gifts were so similar. She didn't say anything.

Carly walked in and sat down at the back of the class.

Eli never really spoke to his class partner. He didn't like to talk. It just added to the thoughts. All of the noise. He just looked up as she sat down and then turned back towards the window. The class was filling up rather quickly.

Aria smiled when Mr. Sherman handed her the homework.

"Hello Mr. Sherman, how are you?" Ms. Williams said walking into the class.

Carly pulled out her phone and started texting again.

Ms. Williams raised her eyebrows at the man. "Well, you'd better get to your next class, Mr. Sherman." She smiled. "I need to start my lesson. And, Lyric, dear? Please do not roll your eyes at me."

Eli started scribbling random things into his notepad. It distracted him from everything else.

Aria rubbed her temples. the thoughts swarmed her mind, cluttering up her own thoughts.

Carly looked at the packet and groaned. There went all her free time.

"Goodbye, Mr. Sherman." Ms. Williams said, in a dismissive tone.

Aria groaned inwardly, thinking of all the homework she had.

Eli smiled slightly. It wasn't so bad today. All everyone was thinking was how much they didn't like homework. He hoped things stayed that simple.

"Okay, listen up guys." Ms. Williams shut the door. "We are going to talk about the pros, and cons of having a gift. Carly, phone. Now." She said holding out her hand.

"I'm putting it away! Jeez." She puts her phone in her pocket.

Aria took out her notebook, and made a pros and cons chart.

"Please don't use it again in my class," Ms. Williams said. "Okay. You'll each have a chance to speak about what you like, and what you dislike about your gifts. Any volunteers to go first?" She spoke clearly, and matter of factly.

Eli stopped doodling and made a chart as well.

"Zayna?" Ms. Williams asked. "You may start,"

Aria loked at Zayna.

Eli listened. He wasn't planning on talking about hit 'gift'. So he would just listen about others.

Ms. Williams nodded. "Is this coming directly from personal experience?" She asked Zayna. "Do you know someone, a family member perhaps, who you think thinks of you as a freak?"

Ms. Williams nodded. "Thank you for sharing, would anyone else like to share?"

Carly raised her hand.

"Carly?" Ms. Williams nodded for her to start.

"I haven't really found any negatives to my gift. I don't really care what people think of me. I guess one though, would be that it's sometimes hard to control. I think a pro would be that it's one more thing that makes us special, and we should appreciate it, because there's not many people who can do what we can."

"Very good, Carly." Ms. Williams smiled. "Anyone else?"

Aria raised her hand.

"Go ahead, Amaria." Ms. Williams nodded.

"Well, I agree with Carly about both things. It's hard to control sometimes, and with me and Eli... We can't. At least not yet,"

"Well, we can talk about controlling powers in a minute, Amaria. I think Lyric has something she wants to share. Lyric?" Ms. Williams put her hands on her hips.

Eli agreed with Lyric. His powers are cons too. "I can distract myself. but I can't control it" he mumbled to himself.

Aria looked over to Eli. She wanted to agree, but she got the feeling that he didn't like her very much. She looked away quickly to fill out her chart.

Eli heard Aria. more like read it. His power doesn't work like most. He can't hear things he sees them. He sees the images and words people think. "I don't not like you." he said, low enough that the teacher couldn't hear.

Ms. Williams nodded. "This is what this class is for. You can all let out your feelings here, we all know what it feels like to feel different. No one will judge anyone. Thank you for sharing your opinion, Lyric." Ms. WIlliams said. "I still haven't heard from someone... Eli?"

Aria looked at him. "You read me." She said quietly. "I think Ms. Williams wants you to share," She said softly.

Eli looked up as the teacher called his name. Of course. He wasn't going to get away without saying something. He tried to search for a pro but it was useless. He stood up, "Well, I think there are some things we should be grateful for. Like our gifts" he said gifts oddly. "But sometimes it's hard to be grateful for something that cuts us away from everyone else." He sat back down. That's pretty mch how they all felt was it not?

"Do you all agree with what Eli said?" Ms. Williams said walking to the white board, picking up a marker.

When Ms. Williams turned around to se their reactions, she nodded in agreement with Eli.

"Good." Ms. Williams said. "Thank you, Eli." She said to him, then she uncapped the black whiteboard marker and wrote: Control on the board.

Carly shrugged. She liked her gift, but what Eli had said was true.

Aria finished her chart, flipped the page and wrote down 'Control' at the top.

"Okay, what do you think of when you see this word?" Ms. Williams said.

((sry guys! I was eating an early dinner >.<))

((You? Early dinner?))

((I know! It's cuz dan dan has a lot of work, and we wanted to do everything earlier today))

"I can tell you're rolling your eyes, Lyric." Ms. Williams said. "I know it's only the second week we've know each other, but I expect some respect."

Carly laughs quietly.

"Now, what comes to mind when you see this word?" Ms. Williams gestured to 'Control'.

Aria raised her hand tentatively.

"Aria?" Ms. Williams called.

"Well, I think of controlling my gift. But I also think of... I don't know, I think of control as a bad thing. Like, too much control from a parent will only make the kid fight back." She said.

Ms. Williams nodded. "Good, anyone else?"

Carly sneaks her phone out again.

Ms. Williams looks around the room. The students were getting too distracted. "Carly, phone, now." She walked over to her holding out her hand.

"No. It's my personal property."