Posted by AuntieMel on March 1, 2005, at 13:13:01
In reply to Gifted children, posted by Dinah on March 1, 2005, at 10:25:20
I might be able to answer questions. I was one of those children - with a tested IQ in the top percentile or two.
And I can sure remember being bored in school. When I was in first grade the teacher called my mom because she thought there must be something "wrong" with the way my brain was wired. She would look at the things I wrote and the letters seemed all jumbled up. The two of them had several conversations and were about to take me to a neurologist when they finally said something to me about it. I took one of my things and held it up to a mirror and they could read it perfectly.
It would have saved them a lot of trouble if the teacher had just asked.
I couldn't handle childish behavior either. If I went to a birthday party I'd end up hanging out with the parents because the kids' games seemed so pointless. But at school I was happy skipping rope or skating or that type thing with the others.
My father did make a big deal of it, and I was told from the beginning that I would have trouble getting on with people that weren't as bright, and that I would have to adjust to them. While if it weren't pointed out to me so often I probably would have done better.
(In my opinion) he shouldn't be made to either be proud of or ashamed of his gift. It's just something he was born with, like his hair color, and it just is.
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