DOSEN PENGAMPU
DI SUSUN OLEH :
Istilah "berbakat" yang dipergunakan dalam tulisan ini adalah padanan dari
istilah bahasa Inggris "gifted".
Sidney P. Marland, Jr., (1972) mendefinisikan anak berbakat itu sebagai
berikut: "Gifted and talented children are those identified by professionally qualified
persons who by virtue of outstanding abilities are capable of high performance. These
are children who require differentiated educational programs and/or services beyond
those normally provided by the regular school program in order to realize their
contribution to self and society".
(Anak berbakat adalah mereka yang diidentifikasi oleh ahli yang profesional
sebagai memiliki kemampuan yang menonjol untuk berkinerja tinggi. Anak-anak ini
memerlukan program pendidikan dan/atau pelayanan yang dibedakan, melebihi yang
biasa disediakan oleh program sekolah reguler, agar dapat merealisasikan kontribusinya
terhadap dirinya sendiri maupun masyarakat.)
“TIME
Time runs at its own speed,
Never stopping, never waiting,
It goes like the wind on a stormy day,
Like old friends when they pass away,
Time is a killer,
But still it gives life,
It comes and its goes,
Be it the day or the night,
It does not appeal to the average person,
But they do not think as I do,
For me time goes by like I first learned to walk just yesterday,
An eternity of life slipping through my grasp,
Like I could have done more with my life,
Like it wasted away,
Like the time I had,
Was just another day,
So I want you to think, before your day is over,
To remember it only comes once,
So, What will you do with your time?
-Anonymous 5th Grader,2003.”