It has always been of interest to me the interaction between gifted and talented students with the mainstream student, due to the fact that i attend to have a minor to teach these specific children.Therefore, my research question is, "How does the age of a child placed in a gifted and talented program effect their interaction with mainstream students?" My hypothesis is that as children age, the interaction between mainstream and GT students will increase. The study will be done longitudinally(since it is the best method to observe age and child development), and will follow 10 gifted and talented children over a span of ten years.Year-to-year observation will begin (in the classroom) when children are eight years of age, and conclude when the have reached age eighteen, or their senior year of high school.The independent variable will be the difference in years from ages eight to eighteen, while the dependent variable will be that all ten gifted and talented students come from the same SES, and the gender ratio be equal in observation, with five male participants and five female participants. Interaction will be measured by yearly observations of the GT students, and data will be written accordingly.