This book was created and published on StoryJumper™

©2014 StoryJumper, Inc.   All rights reserved.

Publish your own children's book: 

www.storyjumper.com

According to the U.S, Department of education, only 1% of students 

who receives special education services are in gifted education 

programs, compared to 7% of general education students.

According to Julia Osborne, Director of Accelerated and Gifted 

Education for GCPS, of Gwinnett's 170,000 plus students, only 350 are 

receiving services for both giftedness and some type of disability.

Too often, the disability masks the giftedness or the giftedness masks 

the disability. These rare students who are identified and served in both 

areas are called "twice exceptional," or 2e. 

This is a story about three such students.

Once upon a time there were three really 

exceptional pigs. So exceptional, in fact, that they 

were often called "twice exceptional" or 2e pigs. 

This is Gus Green-Pig. He's a "probie." When he was two, he 

memorized the periodic table and did differential calculus. 

However, as an 8th grader, he struggles daily with organization, 

focus, and time management. In fact, he stays frustrated most 

of the time as do his teachers. Sadly, he's on a POI.

This is Rupert Red-Pig. His mother knows in her heart that 

he's just as smart as Gus. In fact, when he was two, he 

built a mini nuclear reactor (but he couldn't get any 

plutonium). Rupert has been diagnosed with a learning 

disability. While he uses words like "triskaidekaphobia" 

and "syzygy," he fails every spelling test and won't even 

attempt essay writing. He spends   each day with a 

resource teacher. He struggles to stay awake because 

he's bored out of his porcine mind. 

This is Bubba Blue-Pig. His mom thinks he's pretty 

smart, too. However, he doesn't say much. He doesn't 

hang out with other kids--never has. In fact, when he 

was two, he took all the Legos and built a miniature 

Sistine Chapel to hide in to get away from the other 

kids. His teachers think he's just "quirky," but are not 

concerned because he's passing all of his classes and 

has always exceeded on the CRCT. 

The pigs all attend the Little Red Schoolhouse. Gus's 

teacher is Mrs. Clueless. She always berates Gus for 

leaving his assignments at home. She tells him he is 

lazy and needs to try harder. Other students laugh at 

him for always getting reprimanded.

Rupert's teacher doesn't understand why he is bored. 

She gives him her best skill and drill worksheets to help 

with his spelling deficits. Meanwhile, he dreams of 

attending GSMST and later, MIT. On the weekends, he 

volunteers at Georgia Tech tutoring in the physics lab. 

Bubba just wants to be alone with his thoughts and his building supplies. 

He has been tested for gifted because of his above-average CoGAT scores, 

but because he has had several C's he hasn't gotten in (those darn oral 

reports and group activities get him every time). His mother was told he 

"lacks motivation." Also, the teachers don't see him as creative because he 

just doesn't say much about all the big ideas in his head. In the meantime, 

Bubba just sits in class and spins his pencil all.day.long.

One day, Wally Lone Wolfe was transferred 

from the county office to make some changes 

at the Little Red Schoolhouse. 

You've previewed 10 of 16 pages.

To read more: