Gregory: Janine, when I was a kid, I didn't get into the gifted program. Like, not even close. It made me feel like school was only for kids who were good at taking tests, which I was not. So I checked out.
Janine: I don't know what to say.
Gregory: The point is, when you give some kids chickens, other kids are gonna get snakes. And if you get snakes for long enough, that's what you think you deserve.
Janine: And no one deserves snakes. I get it. So then what do we do?
Gregory: I'm just saying that there's more than one way to be gifted. Have you ever heard of Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences? [Janine shakes her head] Okay. So, look, like, this kid here, right? He may not be good at math, but he may have naturalistic intelligence, which means he's good with nature. Okay. And this girl... She may have musical intelligence. And this kid... Okay, she's sleeping.
Janine: Yeah, she's out.
Gregory: Mm-hmm.
Janine: Mm-hmm.
Mr. Johnson: And look at that. This kid has custodial intelligence.