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

Sometimes the teachers do not know.

I came across this anecdote in a report and thought that it really demonstrated an important element of "it's not so easy to see the highly gifted":

[quote]Teachers are at somewhat of a disadvantage in attempting to identify highly gifted 
children, as they often present themselves as difficult, obstinate, and willfully 
disobedient. One researcher provides the example of a child in pre-kindergarten who 
was asked to “pass a cup,” with the intention being that all the cups be sent over to the 
teacher. The child was struck with the double meaning of the word “pass,” and instead 
repeatedly and deliberately walked by the cup. When asked why he did not pass the cup 
as instructed, he responded that he had, in fact, passed the cup several times! The 
teacher, only desiring to clean up the space, marked the child as being disobedient.9[/quote]

http://isminc.com/documents/research/general/Identifying-Accommodating-the-Highly-Gifted.pdf
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Thanks for the link! One sentence I noticed: "The most highly gifted students often perform poorly in school due to boredom and frustration."

I have read in other places that gifted students can be bored. Some people on DCUM report that their gifted children are never bored in school, but others say that their gifted children are bored. [b]I am now thinking that bored vs. not bored is independent of giftedness. Some gifted children can entertain themselves and others cannot, just as some nongifted children can entertain themselves and others not.[/b][/quote]

I agree with you!

My two DCs both have ADHD and they have not been bored in school as they are (too!) often thinking about other things as in "let's review the Virginia history reading packet" goes in one ear where it is met with the thought of "Look! A squirrel!"  :D [/quote]

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