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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My IQ is around 140 and my DH's is around 128 so we are both on the "smart" end of the scale. Our oldest is smart in some ways but has a huge deficit in processing speed (so it takes him forever to get to the right answer, read a book, write a sentence, etc). Our youngest on the other hand is indeed wicked smart. He's only 5 and hasn't had any formal testing but I would not be at all surprised if he was in the 99th percentile on most measures of intelligence. It's not just that he can answer questions like what is 4 x 7 (in his head) it's the way he thinks about the problem. Instead of adding up four 7's one at a time he automatically adds two together (14) and then adds two 14's to get to 28. He's scary smart.[/quote]

But this is exactly how they teach math these days so I'm not sure it points to his unusual smartness just that he is able to pick up on the way the subject is taught (which is great of course but not a sign of special ability)

IMO smartness matters much less than work ethic, effort and an ability to get along well with others.  I have a number of academics in my family and the super smart ones have brilliant ideas but those ideas aren't accepted mainstream bc they can't socialize them among their peers.  I had one brilliant uncle who ended up as a car mechanic despite 2 PhDs from Harvard and Stanford bc he was so quirky no place would hire him on a tenure track.

I have no idea where my kids rank on the intelligence scale nor do I care. I emphasize working hard and caring about schoolwork.  They don't get real grades yet but they know those are important to us as well as finding subjects that interest them tTt hey want to learn more about on their own.  [/quote]

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