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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP - I'm not sure if being bored is a sign of being gifted or not. Like you said, other factors have to be taken into account. But...why do you care? Your post makes me think that you feel you or your child are somehow being put out by someone making this assumption. Life is too short to worry about that! Hopefully your child/children are not bored in their academic setting, so you should probably be a bit thankful and move on to worry about something else.[/quote]

Idle curiosity, I guess?  I'm not really stressed about it.  I've just noticed this phenomenon, both here and IRL, where parents seem to assume that their kid MUST be brilliant because (s)he is bored in class.  It feels very backward to me, so was curious if I'm missing something.  I do wonder if this is an indication that we as a society are relying too heavily on teachers to spoon-feed enrichment as one PP suggested, rather than encouraging kids to use their imagination.

Not worried at all about my own kids.  They're both in the "bright, but not genius" category (95% ish on most tests).  However, they both have the type of personality that will find something interesting/fun about whatever task you put them on.  I don't take it as a sign of their brilliance or lack thereof, just their personality.[/quote]

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