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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree wholeheartedly with the comment above. I can't fathom that the SIGS questionnaire and "unbiased" parental input could be weighed heavily in the decision. Makes me wonder about brilliant children who don't have strong parental advocates because of their own personal, financial, or other issues.  I would hope a child who tested off the charts would be accepted to the program despite not having brilliantly crafted portfolios created by their parents.  I, for one, will not be scoring my child with all 4's on this questionnaire.  I mean, rate how my [b]child "Seeks to understand why people, cultures, or groups act the way they do" and "Desires to develop solutions to social problems."[/b]  Really? He's 8. He gets upset when I make him go to sleep at bedtime or when I limit his Xbox time. I just don't think 8 year-olds are contemplating solutions to the problems in Syria, for example.  
I'm not trying to be snarky here, I just don't get this SIGS form. [/quote]

It's not typical, but there absolutely are kids who think about these exact things at that age. I have three kids and one of them was like this. From a very young age was observing and asking deep questions that caught us off guard. Was very concerned with social problems and would grasp for solutions, even at his kid-level. Highly sensitive and highly curious about these aspects of the world.

It's not that this is the only sign of giftedness, but it is one sign of thinking at a deeper or more abstract level than same age peers. Teachers would likely notice though, so maybe the parent input is not needed. It was definitely something DS's teachers always noticed and commented on it.[/quote]

An X box kid doesn’t sound gifted to me.[/quote]

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