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[quote=Anonymous]i was identified as gifted (through an IQ test, not sure which) in very early elementary school.  I was reading before I went to preschool at age 3, so they had reason to believe I was gifted and had me tested.  At a couple of points, my parents were offered the chance to skip me a grade and we always declined.

I didn't really enjoy being singled out as gifted.  I hated feeling different and weird.  In the Midwest in the 70's and 80's, it wasn't the "cool" thing parents think it is now in DC. Some of the kids were very weird and socially awkward - I recognize now that a couple of them were probably Aspergers.   But all of my classes were super easy for me, and I was reading many years above grade level, so G&T meant extra work and enrichment activities to keep me challenged.  I mostly hated it.

I got tired of taking all honors classes -of being grouped with the same people all the time - so when I got to college (on scholarship, thanks in part to a perfect math SAT and 99th %ile Verbal and a 4.3 GPA), I didn't take any honors classes.  College and grad school were easy for me.

I'd be ok if my daughter wasn't G&T.  I'd probably actually prefer it.  The most successful/happy people I know are very smart, but not G&T.  But my daughter's dad was G&T too, so it's pretty likely she will be too.  I think there are a lot of issues that go along with being at the extreme end of the intelligence scale.  Some of my smartest friends are socially awkward, and some are chronically underemployed and depressed.[/quote]

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