Who thinks it is ridiculous when someone says his/her child is bored in school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem isn't just IQ. It's also personality. I was a calm, introverted, highly gifted child who just wanted to be left alone. I thought school was a complete waste of time, but I didn't complain. I just did my work as quickly as possible. When I finished my work, I was happy to read quietly.

My son is like my husband -- profoundly gifted, extroverted and high energy. When he's bored, he is going to ask a million questions to find the interesting part of the lesson or he's going to find a way to entertain himself. This is very disruptive to the class. We do our best to coach him on coping with boredom and with finding class situations in which he will be less bored.

I think it is odd that so many people on these boards think their kids are gifted or highly gifted. Seems like everyone is.

*shrug*

I have his IQ scores. I know what type of work he does. I know what the psychologist said. I know what the teacher said. I come from a family of gifted to profoundly gifted people; I know what a profoundly gifted kid looks like.

Tee hee

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have his IQ scores.

Why do you have his IQ scores? I'm not being snarky; I'm sincerely curious. My children have never been tested for IQ. I've never been tested for IQ, as far as I know.

[Anonymous]

This thread has gotten hilarious. I agree with PP - It's amazing how many DCUM offspring a profoundly gifted.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have his IQ scores.

Why do you have his IQ scores? I'm not being snarky; I'm sincerely curious. My children have never been tested for IQ. I've never been tested for IQ, as far as I know.

Not the PP you're asking, but we had our kid's IQ scores as well. He's been tested twice. The first time was at age 5, the day after K ended, and was part of our own investigation into what was going on with our suddenly very unhappy, very distressed child who had, in the second half of the school year, been getting in trouble for all sorts of behavior like bothering classmates, walking away from assignments, etc. Result of that test: highly to profoundly gifted. Age equivalency of anywhere from 8 (in his weakest area) to 24 (in his strongest area). Armed with this knowledge we made some changes in his life, resulting in a much happier kid who rarely got in trouble anymore. Probably the most valuable thing we've ever learned about our kid because it helped us to get to WHY he was acting and feeling the way he was.

The second time was a year later (age 6) as part of the application process for a program for highly/profoundly gifted kids. Result: higher score than before and well over their 145 minimum requirement. He'll be attending the program next year beginning in 2nd grade.

Neither testing episode had anything to do with our parental egos. In the first case we were doing the academic equivalent of testing for a variety of diseases that could be causing his symptoms. In the second case the testing was part of seeking the appropriate treatment for the disease.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have his IQ scores.

Why do you have his IQ scores? I'm not being snarky; I'm sincerely curious. My children have never been tested for IQ. I've never been tested for IQ, as far as I know.

We had a lot of complaints from his first grade teacher about him being disruptive in class. We had him checked for ADHD. An IQ test was part of that screening. The verdict from the psychologist was that is not ADHD but he is profoundly gifted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have his IQ scores.

Why do you have his IQ scores? I'm not being snarky; I'm sincerely curious. My children have never been tested for IQ. I've never been tested for IQ, as far as I know.

We had a lot of complaints from his first grade teacher about him being disruptive in class. We had him checked for ADHD. An IQ test was part of that screening. The verdict from the psychologist was that is not ADHD but he is profoundly gifted.

Another parent here of (tested and confirmed) profoundly gifted kid: it was our experience that the school's first assumption was ADHD. The school psychologist actually wrote to us in an email that she knew we were investigating other reasons for our kindergartener's behavioral problems, but she just couldn't think of anything else it could be other than ADHD. I find this infuriating because she has probably sent other families down the wrong road with her dedicated myopia - seeing only ADHD as the reason behind any and all impulsivity, distraction, etc. we were fortunate to have a great K classroom teacher who told us to look in another direction (giftedness). Our result was same as yours PP: profoundly gifted. Not ADHD.

[Anonymous]

+1 ... Many families with gifted kids end up getting IQ tested and learning of their child's giftedness not because of any narcissistic desire of their own for bragging rights, but instead because their kid does not fit in and the school pushes for diagnosis. And unfortunately I think many end up pushed toward the route of medication for imagined ADHD when in fact the only real problem is that they are unchallenged and bored out of their skulls by the slow and repetetive pace of classes without a more healthy outlet for their curiosity and energy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:When you say you have concerns about your child being advanced people say they are probably not that advanced, don't worry. When you try to illustrate that they are indeed pretty advanced people say you are delirious or straight up lying.

No, dearie. When you say your kid is advanced and give examples that don't fit that the kid is advanced or discount others' more experienced opinions on the matter, that is why people say the poster is delirious.

You will never be more experienced on someone else's kid. And that is the matter. How can you claim the poster is delirious if you've not met the child.

My opinion-- some people do not like to hear that other children are more advanced than their own. Evidenced by this thread. One woman comes on saying her four year old is doing x. Other posters say their child is GT and was only doing y. Therefore, mom of four year old is delirious.

[Anonymous]

Wow...what are the chances that there are...what 4 or 5 kids who are profoundly gifted in this area which is rare...and their parents are all on this site responding to this thread? Um...zilch. These kids aren't profoundly gifted....not saying there weren't told that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have his IQ scores.

Why do you have his IQ scores? I'm not being snarky; I'm sincerely curious. My children have never been tested for IQ. I've never been tested for IQ, as far as I know.

Not the PP you're asking, but we had our kid's IQ scores as well. He's been tested twice. The first time was at age 5, the day after K ended, and was part of our own investigation into what was going on with our suddenly very unhappy, very distressed child who had, in the second half of the school year, been getting in trouble for all sorts of behavior like bothering classmates, walking away from assignments, etc. Result of that test: highly to profoundly gifted. Age equivalency of anywhere from 8 (in his weakest area) to 24 (in his strongest area). Armed with this knowledge we made some changes in his life, resulting in a much happier kid who rarely got in trouble anymore. Probably the most valuable thing we've ever learned about our kid because it helped us to get to WHY he was acting and feeling the way he was.

The second time was a year later (age 6) as part of the application process for a program for highly/profoundly gifted kids. Result: higher score than before and well over their 145 minimum requirement. He'll be attending the program next year beginning in 2nd grade.



Neither testing episode had anything to do with our parental egos. In the first case we were doing the academic equivalent of testing for a variety of diseases that could be causing his symptoms. In the second case the testing was part of seeking the appropriate treatment for the disease.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow...what are the chances that there are...what 4 or 5 kids who are profoundly gifted in this area which is rare...and their parents are all on this site responding to this thread? Um...zilch. These kids aren't profoundly gifted....not saying there weren't told that.

It does seem odd - I agree with you.

[Anonymous]

I know my IQ - my parents told me what it was when I was in elementary school (honestly I think the fact that they told me at all was a mistake). In any case - I'm now wondering why they knew my IQ. I sure don't remember taking a test - but I was obviously pretty young when I took it. I think I might ask them why I was tested. Maybe it was routine at that time in our school district?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have his IQ scores.

Why do you have his IQ scores? I'm not being snarky; I'm sincerely curious. My children have never been tested for IQ. I've never been tested for IQ, as far as I know.

Not the PP you're asking, but we had our kid's IQ scores as well. He's been tested twice. The first time was at age 5, the day after K ended, and was part of our own investigation into what was going on with our suddenly very unhappy, very distressed child who had, in the second half of the school year, been getting in trouble for all sorts of behavior like bothering classmates, walking away from assignments, etc. Result of that test: highly to profoundly gifted. Age equivalency of anywhere from 8 (in his weakest area) to 24 (in his strongest area). Armed with this knowledge we made some changes in his life, resulting in a much happier kid who rarely got in trouble anymore. Probably the most valuable thing we've ever learned about our kid because it helped us to get to WHY he was acting and feeling the way he was.

The second time was a year later (age 6) as part of the application process for a program for highly/profoundly gifted kids. Result: higher score than before and well over their 145 minimum requirement. He'll be attending the program next year beginning in 2nd grade.



Neither testing episode had anything to do with our parental egos. In the first case we were doing the academic equivalent of testing for a variety of diseases that could be causing his symptoms. In the second case the testing was part of seeking the appropriate treatment for the disease.

Why the eye rolls? Disbelief? Those age equivalencies come straight from the psychologist report. We were pretty surprised, but we managed not to roll our eyes three times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have his IQ scores.

Why do you have his IQ scores? I'm not being snarky; I'm sincerely curious. My children have never been tested for IQ. I've never been tested for IQ, as far as I know.

Not the PP you're asking, but we had our kid's IQ scores as well. He's been tested twice. The first time was at age 5, the day after K ended, and was part of our own investigation into what was going on with our suddenly very unhappy, very distressed child who had, in the second half of the school year, been getting in trouble for all sorts of behavior like bothering classmates, walking away from assignments, etc. Result of that test: highly to profoundly gifted. Age equivalency of anywhere from 8 (in his weakest area) to 24 (in his strongest area). Armed with this knowledge we made some changes in his life, resulting in a much happier kid who rarely got in trouble anymore. Probably the most valuable thing we've ever learned about our kid because it helped us to get to WHY he was acting and feeling the way he was.

The second time was a year later (age 6) as part of the application process for a program for highly/profoundly gifted kids. Result: higher score than before and well over their 145 minimum requirement. He'll be attending the program next year beginning in 2nd grade.



Neither testing episode had anything to do with our parental egos. In the first case we were doing the academic equivalent of testing for a variety of diseases that could be causing his symptoms. In the second case the testing was part of seeking the appropriate treatment for the disease.

Why the eye rolls? Disbelief? Those age equivalencies come straight from the psychologist report. We were pretty surprised, but we managed not to roll our eyes three times.

Your quoted sentence above that is bolded required many more eye rolls but my hands got tired.