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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I definitely agree that not all AAP kids are gifted but [b]do not understand why [i]people on DCUM[/i] discount the possibility that someone is actually gifted[/b].[/quote]

Because "their kid" is not gifted so if their kid cannot be gifted, then yours cannot be gifted, either. Because "it's not fair."[/quote]

I don't think people on DCUM discount the possibility that someone is gifted.  I just think that given it's so rare, people get skeptical when every time a child has been in a math pull-out, the talk quickly turns to how the child needs on a special track to protect his or her "gifts".   Kids are not such fragile flowers and constantly wanting to smooth their path, though often well-intentioned, isn't necessarily the way to foster an Einstein.

I had a friend years ago, who told me her daughter was a great reader in first or second grade.  Everyone always talked about how this girl was SO advanced.  One day my friend went to her daughter's teacher and asked: "Do you think she could be gifted?"  The teacher smiled an patted my friends hand, but her words were unequivocal.  "No, I think she's an above average student who loves to read."

I think that generally, people, teachers, experts usually tell you if your kid is gifted, not the other way around. [/quote]

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