Teacher finding out Mary is gifted GIFTED Movie Scene | HD Video | 2017 

One of the most funniest scenes, reminds me of the Roald Dahl book and movie called Matilda, when Miss Honey found out how fast she learned too.

nd its me who even checks 5+5 in the exam....just coz I got trust issues wid myself

Anyone who's seen the movie will quickly understand that the teacher wasn't belittling her or being snarky. She was shocked at first and kept increasing the difficulty, and realized she was in fact, gifted. In the movie she actually pushes for her to be placed in a special school.

I had a teacher like this in 6th grade math. There was 3 or 4 of us in the class who would fall asleep or get in trouble for talking and she finally had enough and kept us after class one day (recess was after her class). She gave us each a worksheet to do, but had grabbed the wrong copies from the machine and ended up giving us 8th grade papers. We were all done with plenty of time to spare. Instead of getting upset, she put us in the corner of the room (too late in the year to move us to a different class), and would give us honors worksheets to do while she taught the rest of the class. Then when they were doing their worksheet, she'd teach us what she was teaching her honors class. We were all put in the correct level math the next year; two of us were put in other honors courses as well, like English. Not all kids that "act out" do it because they intend to disrespect; some do it because they're in the absolute wrong class and are bored.

Plot Twist: she didn't take all that time to give an answer coz she was calculating. She was in fact unsure whether to show her skills or not.

Teacher: "I would like to return this child" Principal: "What's wrong with her?" Teacher: "She's become the teacher" Child: "I would like to return this teacher"

I’ll never forget when I was 10 years old myself and another boy were being shown around our new school. The teacher asked us our hobbies or interests. I replied I play chess: the other boy replied “I do maths”. He’s now a professor of pure maths at Cambridge University:))

I knew a man who was this gifted once, made me feel like a child and I'm sometimes extremely intuitively intelligent. What a human though, maths like this girl, spoke in 7 languages, could understand 7 more, brilliant artist and the best kind of friend. He also liked coffee, I miss him since he succumbed to his mental illness, very few know what I am talking about when I am unwell with my own mental health issues until they research, he knew and encouraged me to not hold back with a warm smile!

I didn’t interpret a mean teacher. I think the teacher recognized she had a student in her class who was a more advanced than her other students and was bored so as a good teacher would, she challenged her. And I think the nod and smirk she gave was more of an encouragement and “it’s ok if you don’t know” and maybe an internal acknowledgment of having pushed the student too far.. until she answers the question.

This girl really is gifted....... Shes a gift to the world!

I like how she throws in the Square root just in case giving the answer didn't already floor the teacher.

FUN FACTS ABOUT ‘GIFTED’ (2017) (1) In the film, there is an assortment of complex math equations to be solved, for Mckenna to remember them for her scenes, Mckenna and her mother put together a song for her to remember them. (2) Chris Evans and the entire cast and crew for the film adopted a pet from the animal shelter they filmed at. Chris named his dog ‘Dodger’ after the dog who stars in the animated film ‘Oliver and Company.’ (3) Mckenna Grace packed a stuffed seal with her for her travels that’s been in her family for over three decades, the stuffed seal even makes an appearance in the film. The seal’s name is Dee Dee. (4) On set, the cast and crew all had a swear jar that they were required to pay $5 per curse word and $10 per ‘F’ word used. According to Mckenna, Chris still owes money to the jar. According to Chris, he’s ‘In deep.’

Hate how adults need to feel better by talking down to children.

I love this scene. It reminds me of Matilda. 😄

The realization when she goes from, "Okay, she's better than everybody here." to "OMG I've got a genius on my hands!" is priceless. She has to check her results with a calculator. (I could do that in my head but it would take a while and I'd have to write down partial answers to add them up. Square root? Forget it.)

Reminds me of my late Dad, who could do similar calculations in his head as fast as a calculator. He said that during WWII, when he was in school, there weren't enough paper/pencils for each kid, so he learned to do it all in his head, but I always thought there was something special about his ability to just snap out the answer to some complicated calculation, without even a pause.

She’s a Calculator yall- I could bring her to my school one day-

Me who still needs to check 9 x 3 in the calculator

This movie was so special. The actors did such a phenomenal job. Made me cry so many times.

i watched this movie and this little actress aka Mckenna Grace is so damn talented!A future Oscar and Grammy winner!She sings as well...So moving that she makes me cry..I have watched all of her movies since...

McKenna Grace is really gifted to act like this at her age on that time

Such a beautiful scene

I grew up having difficulties to learn. Then, when I went to the university I had a professor who believed in me and challenged me. It was with him that I discovered that I could remember an incredible amount of information and once I had it all in my mind, that I could reason things almost no one else in the classroom could understand. For one test, I memorized a whole book and realized that it was something extraordinary because of a classmate not believing that I was able to spill it back page by page. At some point in my life, I played games with people from whom I asked that they would give me a list or random things and then I told them what the items on the list were and years later they came back with the list and I was able to tell them the items in order, backwards, the items' numbers and having been told the numbers, the items that belonged to each number. No one would ever know how much I suffer growing up feeling that I was stupid, when all I needed was someone to believe that I wasn't and to help me.

The lady enacting the teacher's role is brilliant.

I know a few high functioning autistic people who are just like her. It's phenomenal mastery of either letters or numbers. They're brilliant.

Absolutely fantastic movie. Contains my favorite line from any movie ever, that had me in tears of laughter: what she said to the teacher when she found out that her uncle had slept with her, I can remember choking on my beer...was an unpleasant/pleasant moment, funny af.

She has 2 of the greatest lines in movie history. "Now, what does adnauseam mean?" and "Nobody likes a smart-ass!"

Teacher's vary a lot in their approach to 'gifted' children. I had one child start kindergarten able to read books, but still spent all of Kindergarten with the rest of the class learning their "ABCs". Some teachers put in extra work to provide appropriate and challenging material to "gifted" students, while others view them as an inconvenience, as they was to focus on providing a standard lesson plan that caters to the 'average' student, and spend any additional effort on improving the performance of their struggling students. I also have another child that was was evaluated as being a two years ahead in the 'average' math level when in Year 1 but who then spent the next 5 years of primary school doing the same grade level math exercises as the rest of the class (simply got everything done in about 1/4 the allotted time and sat around bored for long periods). Fortunately we have a system of "selective high schools" in our state (NSW) so both boys ended up with a similar ability peer group and the lessons/teaching that was suitable for their needs. Back in my day there were very few such 'selective' high schools, so I spent all of high school cruising along in the "A" class with minimal effort and got into university with absolutely atrocious study skills and levels of application. Ended up doing OK (in the end), but I'm pretty sure the education system didn't maximise my potential utility to society ;) I always find it strange that the academic focus of government schools seems mostly concerned about attempting to bring up the bottom 50% of students to attain "average" levels of performance, but often takes a "they'll do fine" attitude to catering to the needs of gifted students. In contrast, other areas of child/adolescent development focus much more of maximizing the potential of the most "gifted" children - examples would be in the areas of sports, music etc (eg. sports coaches are much more focussed on ensuring their "star players" excel than they are on bringing the performance of below average participants up to 'average' levels of performance. Go figure.

How you know it's a hollywood portrayal of giftedness: 1. Savant like abilities and/or profoundly gifted characters (which, btw, are so rare that it's less than .01% of the population) 2. Teacher who identifies the child as gifted 3. The child solves formulas and works with the best of the best Realistic portrayals of giftedness: 1. The child is ahead in math and reading, but has gaps in knowledge. 2. Teachers don't identify the child as gifted because they don't do their work on time or forget their homework 3. The child might have autism, adhd, ocd, anxiety or learning disabilities that could interfere with and mask their giftedness 4. They have a higher risk of dropping out of school completely or failing 5. If the child is appropriately identified, the gifted program may not be adequate for their learning needs.

I don't know why some ppl comment negatively on the teacher. She didn't know tht Mary is gifted. She probably thought tht Mary just act up or misbehave and warn her so tht other kids didn't act rude as well.

I still remember starting the first grade, when I could already read. The class was inching it's way through the Dick & Jane books. It felt like a living a nightmare. The teacher once asked us what our favourite colour was. I told her mine was taupe. She said that was not a colour and the class laughed at me. Good times.

This was such an emotional movie. Brilliantly done.

the way Miss Stevens smirks when Mary shows she does'nt know the answer to the biggest , last problem. That look was mean of the teacher .

The teacher is from “Alvin and the chipmunks: Chipwrecked

Great film love this, had me the whole time. Plus Mckenna Grace at 11 years old played Mary so well she had me believing and still does. Shame she missed out on the Best Young Actress 2017. She had my vote.

By far, the best short of any movie I've ever seen.👍

I love when the track starts playing…

That girl: answers the teachers question Teacher grabs a calculator: Me: are the teachers even allowed to use calculators I MENA like there smart

My wife's brother was like that at the same age in northern England. He was removed from his regular school and moved to a better school. Most people from his area didn't go to college, but he did and majored in math. He has been a computer programmer since then, working for the Bank of Scotland.

Amazing scene. Gives me chills every time. The teachers acting is amazing and the accompanying music makes the scene powerful and somehow whimsical.

0:20 gets me everytime 🤣🤣

When you're too much of a genius, the simple things makes everything boring...

I love this kid, she was excellent in Troop Zero.

Not going to lie, this movie made me tear up bad!! 🥺 Literally such a heartbreaking and heartwarming movie!! 🥰🥺

The girl's a genius!

I had a hs science class where everyone including myself the back of the class screwed around all class & barely passed. That was until a smart kid started mouthing off how dumb we all were. He mouthed off so much that I took him up on a bet for the next test. He was so confident, he put money on it. As it turned out, he lost that bet and all future bets. The teacher wanted to know how I did it. That wasn't the right question. The real question was why. Once you have the motivation, you can figure out the how by class preparation pretty easily. Biggest lesson of my life.

When I was in middle school I never paid attention during literature class. I read a book the entire time. Another student raised her hand to say “Sophia is reading in class!” And my teacher asked me, “Sophia, what is your grade in this class” I started blushing because I didn’t want to brag, but I answered “100.” And all my classmates gasped 😂 My teacher said “I don’t care if she’s bouncing on the walls! As long as she makes grades like that she can do whatever she wants in class” That shut that little snitch real fast, and it felt like a main character moment to me

This is the first thing I've ever seen with McKenna Grace, I had no idea she started so young. The first thing I ever saw her in was Young Sheldon, followed by The Handmaid's Tale. She is an outstanding actress!

POV: the most satisfying thing everyone can agree with *teacher sees two kids talking to each other*: "hey you! answer this question" Kid: ok! *answers it correctly* *teacher is speechless* me: this is better than any satisfying vid anyone could ever create 😌

This is basically Matilda 😂

Great movie and McKenna Grace (Mary) is adorable!

'... what does ad nauseam mean?' Priceless. Reminds me of the time that I saw the 5-year-old Drew Barrymore on Carson.

Don't know why people are villianizing the teacher. She wasn't "talking down" on the child. She was trying to teach her a lesson on good behaviour and not act out. Kids aren't exempt from receiving a penalty on disrespect. A teacher is there to educate as well as set an example and punish a student if need be.

I wish I could have a date with that teacher 🥰 So earnest and caring.

The looks on the other kids faces are also priceless 😊

This is an excellent film , so good bought it on dvd.

My older brother (now gone) was somewhat like that. At the grocery store he could have a total cost of all the items before the checker had rung them up. Yes, he was good with numbers.

It isn't always a blessing to be that intelligent.

I remember asking a very elegant Scottish gentleman that same last question, unfortunately I was well into my 30's . Great clip thanks for posting.

Gotta love this! I sometimes felt like Mary when I was in grade school! (I was told that I needed to ask what "humility" meant!) !!!!!!!

This girl is so awesome 🌟

Moral message: you can be rebel bad student in the classroom unless if you are equal or smarter than your teacher

Such a good movie! Loved it!

Shout out to my Ghana family you guys are the best with teaching techniques.

Speaking as a seasoned math teacher of varying levels, never underestimate the talents God has given others. I have been blessed to witness and oversee others' growths, and I am thankful for the opportunity to contribute.

That teacher is beautiful.

The way she stood up at 0:53 was spot on perfect. Her acting was totally believable.

Love this scene!

That feeling when you own the teacher

This is what teaching class with John Von Neumann in it must have felt like. Guy did calculus at 8

"What kind of school is this anyway?" She's so adorable. I watch out for McKenna Grace movies and tv shows. She's going to go far.

Been there, done that... nothing worse than being so young and so gifted, then becoming the teachers pet. (Jealous school kids will make your life pure hell, until you stop showing you are better than everyone else and decide to keep a low profile and just blend in.)

I’m interested to see how my grandson fits in to kindergarten this fall, his grandma and mother are teachers and have been reading to him for years, of course he can read already, amazing vocabulary and has pretty advanced social skills, hope he doesn’t get too bored initially , we’ll have to keep an eye out

One of the best movies streaming online. GIFTED

I remember my son's first grade teacher snagging me in the school lot and asking me to come up with my son to the classroom. She showed me his standardized test scores and said she had never in all her years teaching seen scores like his. She said teachers get a separate report on each student with different information, and my son's were beyond anything in any of the reports she had seen. She showed me my version, which she said was off the charts, and she showed me her version, which gave a more comprehensive overview of my son's class and the national information. My boy is a doctor now, and I still see that teacher quite often and remind her how awesome she is for recognizing his intellect.

Her brain connects really well.

1:14 “ your so full of yourself! “

When I originally saw this clip it had me thinking what the 🎥 was all about so I bought the DVD & watching Chris Evans being serious 🤔 darn good 🎥 & pretty good acting too 👍👍👍

Loved the 'ad nauseum' comment 😁😁😁😁😁

My son is well ahead in math. He had picked up 4tg grade math while in 1st grade. Being back in person in school, he has been called a nerd so often that he refuses to keep doing it. The mental anguish, behavioral health stuff is real. I wish it wasn't. I can see many kids just ending up in a worse place if they were gifted. But this is humanity we have created...we reward and exalt the worst of us and vilify those who have a brain.

Lord please bless me with a brilliant child like her

Best movie I've seen in a long time

Such a great movie chris Evans is great actor.. Fred's awesome 👌

McKenna Grace deserved an Oscar for this performance.

Here before this because viral

How extraordinary!

I was in an intro to calculus course my senior year of high school. I guess the teacher thought I was not paying attention, called my name and asked me to come up to the front and solve the problem there. It was to write down the first derivative of a formula with exponential and trig terms in it. I glanced at the formula on the way up to the board and immediately wrote down the answer, turned and smiled. We became friends after that. I don't think I ever told her how I did that... it was from a short paperback I had read over the summer.

This movie I’m glad they made…

😂I'm stupid

That last line!!!

I love this video because it is great and because of memories from elementary school.

I looked this film yesterday

Teacher:Whats 1 + 1 Me: well according to E=mc² A complete word of E is eagle which is a bird and birds have feathers the first letter of a feather is F So E means F m take the value of 1 + 2 (from c²) is 3 the 3rd letter after F is i So m is i C² is carbon ,on cars you get carbon plating smaller word for plating is plate we serve stew on a plate but people that has a lisp with the letter S pronounces it as sh So c² mean sh When you put them all together its 1 + 1 = Fish

I cannot stop watching the brilliant reactions of Jenny Slate

Putting the teacher REALLY in her place by adding up that last Ad-Nauseum line in the form of a naive question ...that was the genius part

Actually, gifted children like her do exist. In college I had a differential equations upper division course and in the class was a 8 year old boy who was taking the course. He was so young when he sat down in the auditorium style folding chair his feet didn't touch the floor. The room had to be an auditorium because one equation could take up all 3 large blackboards mounted on 3 sides of the room. I befriended him that semester and he was a normal 8 year old except for his very gifted math-sense. He was also very polite and well mannered unlike how the little girl in this movie,

I think it’s so funny is that she’s giving her these math problems and then she has to figure it out herself to see if she’s right.

I love her attitude

Very nice scene. I wish I could have discovered a special gift of some of my teachers, though.

I like how the teacher was trying to discipline Mary but then got intrigued by her.