Roberto Burle Marx is internationally known as one of the most important landscape architects of the 20th century. An artist of multiple facets, besides being a landscape designer he was also a remarkable painter, sculptor, singer, and jewelry designer, with a sensibility that is shown throughout his work. Born in São Paulo in August 4th, 1909, Roberto Burle Marx moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1913. During the years of 1928 and 1929 he studied painting in Berlin - Germany, where he was often seen at the Dahlem Botanic Garden's greenhouses. In this garden he noticed for the first time the beauty of the tropical plants and the Brazilian flora
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S-O enrichment coordinator defines gifted students A part of my role as Enrichment Coordinator for the Sibley-Ocheyedan School District is to inform educators, parents and community members on the needs of advanced or gifted students. This first article will focus on a little background information on the gifted and a few definitions. High IQ is usually one of the first traits that the general public associates with gifted students. So, let's begin with the role of intelligence in identifying students with high ability. If an IQ test were administered to a very large sample of the population, around 68% of them would have an IQ score of between 85 and 110, another 13% would score between 70-85 and 13% would score in the range of 110-130. Around 3% would score above 150. Plotting the scores on a graph would result in a bell shaped curve, with the majority of people scoring in the middle of the curve. It is important to remember that this bell curve applies to a very large sample of people. It is also important to remember that most of us are going to be within the "average" range of intelligence. Average does NOT mean mediocre, it does not mean that an average student has no gifts or talents and it does not mean that a person with an average or below average IQ cannot be highly successful in life. Conversely, an extremely high IQ does not guarantee high achievement.
