The reason for this blissful Camelot is the recognition that is awarded to those who participate in the activities, sports, clubs and classroom projects. These students scored high on tests that measure language and math skills. That leaves the rest of the students to wander aimlessly about the campus vulnerable to the cruel reality of their self-imposed outcast existence. There are a number of students who do not fit the mold of clubie, jock or geek. They travel a different road.
All students yearn to be recognized.
Each one has special gifts. Our culture is filled with examples of the outcasts and the rebels who later created, invented and revolutionized. Those are the outcasts who overcame the hell that was high school. Then, there are the rest of the students. The Gifts Project is a concept proclaiming that ALL students have gifts, ALL children deserve to have their gifts recognized and ALL children need to be accepted for each one's special strengths, abilities, talents and gifts.