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Friday, February 5, 1982 Daily Nebraskan II I I I Photo by Dave Btntz Gina Ginsberg Rjggs talks about her gifted child and how she had to deal with him to an audience at the Lincoln Hilton. 1 Put love in the air on February 14! From cards to gifts, jewelry to perfume, candies to party decorations. We have everything you need to show her you care. Gift Wrapping Service free -- no minimum!!! WflGEY DRUG 27th & Vine 476-3341 17 & Washington 475-4251 17 & South 476-8578 r REBATE On your College Ring mi Rebate offered Feb. 8-13 Only. Opci Monday-Fnday. 8-5.30, Saturday. 9-5 30 PI I .... s! ( - si Welcome 1 2th S R Streets in Lincoln Center 476-0111 Conference aims at better understanding of the gifted i.i i By Lorna Nissen "I want to make a difference - at least I want to try and that's why I'm here -to make a difference," said Gina Ginsberg Rjggs, executive director of the Gifted Giild Society. Riggs is a New Jersey native and col umnist for Gifted, Creative, Talented magazine. She spoke Thursday morning to nearly 500 people attending the Ne braska Association for the Gifted annual conference in the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton, 9th and O streets. Addressing her third Nebraska state con ference. Riggs talked about the dilemmas faced by teachers, parents and students and their attitudes toward having a gifted or exceptional child. Riggs said she hoped that those attend ing the conference would learn and draw strength from each other so they could go home with a new vigor and understanding of exceptional children. Gifted children have a greater potential to become more productive than the aver age adult, but they need adult support in gaining necessary experience, wisdom and maturity to become productive, Riggs said. In order to help gifted children get the proper attention, teachers, parents and other students must feel comfortable with them, Ris said. She expressed a need for change in thoughts, attitudes and feelings toward gifted children. Gifted children should be accepted as they are and in order for others to feel SSA membership lobbyist, director The new lobbyist and the new execu tive director of the Nebraska State Student Association will be introduced at an SSA legislative assembly Sunday in the Lincoln Hilton Hotel, said Nette Nelson, a board member of the statewide student lobbying group. The SSA was formed last year; UNL and Peru State College were the original members. Students at UNO have since voted to join the SSA next fall. Wayne State College students will vote on join ing the organization in a special election Feb. 10 and 11. "We've been up to Wayne a couple of times to talk about the SSA," Nelson said. Wayne State student leaders such as Dave Shively. student president, have supported SSA informational efforts. Nelson said, and the Wayne State student senate voted to endorse the student group. Wayne State will send five or six people to the assembly Sunday, Nelson said. "We'd like to emphasize that people comfortable around them, people must first feel comfortable with themselves. Riggs said . Teachers have a problem feeling com fortable with a gifted child in the class room, especially if that child has answers to all of the questions asked by the teacher which may go beyond the teachers' trained knowledge, he said. Riggs said teachers don't know if they should take a chance and call on a "belly-button-high walking encyclopedia" to answer a question with an answer that is "different, divergent, creative, full of hum or and definitely not part of the curric ulum." liven though gifted students enrich a classroom, they don't get the opportunity to expand and often become lonely child rcn, Riggs said. Gifted children need to be with other gifted children so that there is some competition. "We all need to know that we don't know it all," Riggs said. Taking a gifted student out of an ordinary classroom allows another student to rise and shine and become the best student. If a teacher is comfortable with a gifted child in the classroom, then students will feel comfortable with the gifted child. Riggs said. Sometimes the gifted child is uncomfortable with himself. "Elitism, giftedness and superiority are good things to have," Riggs said. "We need a return to old-fashioned excellence be cause excellence has been compromised long enough." ranks expanding; to be introduced from all the potential member campuses have been involved from the beginning." Nelson said. Shively said that student reaction at Wayne State has been generally pos itive. "We had a student forum on the SSA just recently. Some students had the con cern that the SSA would be dominated by the university system, but most of them felt we would have pretty equal representation in the (SSA) board of directors," he said. 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