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Paris Independent School District

Home of the Wildcats

Characteristics of Gifted Students

  • Has advanced vocabulary
  • Expresses self well
  • Learns rapidly and recalls facts easily
  • Reads a great deal
  • Is a keen and alert observer
  • Has a great deal of curiosity
  • Has a keen sense of humor
  • Is easily bored with routine tasks
  • Strives toward perfection
  • Is self-critical
  • Is often self-assertive
  • Is stubborn in beliefs
  • Uses unique and unusual ways of solving problems
  • Puts unrelated ideas together in new and different ways
  • Sticks to self-chosen task until completed