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The G Word
2016 · Film
Directed by James Nimmo
Daniel's attempts to come out to his parents don't exactly go to plan. With his mother due home any minute its a race to the finish line to break the news to her. But what will she make of this?
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Netflix documentary series "The G Word", produced by Barack Obama and featuring Adam Conover as host, does an outstanding job of highlighting these thankless civil servant positions.
Memorably, they interviewed NOAA scientists and pilots who fly into hurricanes to make critical measurements for meteorological predictions. I had no idea we did that!
There was an episode of "The G Word" on Netflix that followed a FDIC bank takeover game-day. They're always preparing for the worst and know when they're called, if they handle things smoothly, it protects the entire system.
I have huge respect for the FDIC. I feel they're the perfect example of a government agency that works.
Adam Conover did an interesting episode on the mechanics of a bank failing in the US, and how the FDIC practices for this moment.
It's in The G Word, their episode on Money. https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/81037116
I listened to a podcast this week (https://why-is-this-happening-with-chris-hayes.simplecast.com/episodes/the-g-word-with-adam-conover-XBCivh1P) where GPS featured prominently. It's about an upcoming ~Netflix show (called The G Word), so I assume there'll be a whole episode on it?
Netflix has a documentary series called "The G Word" (about the US government) - episode 3 shows part of a bank takeover.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_G_Word
People are disregarding three points:
1. gifted education is a difference in kind, not degree. Gifted kids need different things from their teachers to succeed, not just "more." I don't see anyone asking to devote significantly more resources to gifted students, what they are asking for is to educate them in ways that give them the best chance of success.
2. It's a fallacy to think that giftedness means that students will just do fine in regular courses, and may be just a little bored. Many gifted children (and some of them have posted to this list) will fail completely in a regular class setting, because they are unable to engage with the material or their peers. A significant number of gifted kids end up dropping out or under-achieving because they aren't being served.
3. Gifted kids are often born to gifted parents, but that does not mean rich or successful parents. There are a huge number of gifted kids in minority communities who are living in poverty.
Want to learn more? Documentary filmmaker Marc Smolowitz is working on a feature-length film on giftedness. http://documentaries.org/cid-films/the-g-word/