Walt: I’d argue that there is a well-enough-defined set of concepts and practices to make the concept meaningful. (See for instance Casey and Savastinuk’s Sept. LJ article.) If it weren’t a useful rubric to bring together these discussions, I don’t think that we would have seen its use grow and move into the more traditional library literature over the past year-plus.

As for “gifted”–I am so thankful that, back when I was in school, we were in “Honors track” and not “Gifted.” I only got punched out once as one of those Honors-track University-bound geeks; with “Gifted” I might not have survived high school.