Week 8 - UNGIFTED - "Unforgivable" & "Unreal"

Why does Ms. Bevelaqua think Donovan is being allowed to stay?

• He is normal.

• The principal and Oz believe Donovan needs time to show his true intelligence.

• The principal is afraid Donovan's parents will get mad if he is sent back to Hardcastle Middle School.

• Donovan helped find a way for the students to take Human Growth and Development during the school year.

Ms. Bevelaqua thinks Donovan is, "diluting the standards of the gifted program for everybody." Why else does she think it's a bad thing to allow Donovan to remain at the Academy?

• Donovan was not learning anything because the material is too advanced for him.

• Donovan always copied off of his classmates.

• She thinks he spends too much time playing video games.

• She thinks Donovan's parents will be really angry when they find out the truth that Donovan is not gifted.

Ms. Bevelaqua thinks, "Oz was the last bastion of sanity left in the building." Why does she believe this?

• Robotics teachers are always the most reasonable.

• Oz created a whole new test for Donovan to take.

• From Donovan's very first day, Oz had suspected that there was something wrong about Donovan being at the Academy.

• She has never liked any of the other teachers at the Academy.

Why does Katie tell Brad about Beatrice being pregnant, and all the other problems she has going on right now?

• Brad never listens to her problems.

• Brad is fighting in a war, so Katie thinks her problems are much smaller than his and he does not need to hear about them.

• Brad is too far away to help with anything, so since he can't be of any help, she does not see the need to tell him what's wrong.

• She is afraid Brad would want to leave right away if he heard of Katie's problems, and could get in big trouble for doing so.

Which sentence best shows why Katie has enjoyed her time with the Human Growth and Development class?

• "But when I saw the minibus parked outside the clinic, my spirits soared because I knew I had a team with me."

• "One day, the bus broke down on the way to the office. Dr. Manolo wouldn't start the appointment until the kids arrived."

• "If there was one of them who didn't have a clue, it was my lunkhead brother."

• "That was when I glanced at my watch and realized that I was counting the minutes until I could go to the Academy."

When does Katie begin to suspect that Donovan did something wrong?

• Donovan asked to use the restroom while she was talking.

• Oz says that Donovan often takes a long time in the restroom.

• Donovan was not interested in watching the video she was showing.

• When he saw Dr. Schultz through the classroom window, his eyes got real big and he ran away.