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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not having a filter (even at 9) is different from being really smart or "gifted" or whatever.  My kid is at a center and is really smart and has never acted like this.  He is smart.  He is confident in being smart.  In addition, he has the intuition and "street smarts" to know that this type of bragging is just annoying.
To use PP's analogy.  The kid who is a really great athlete lets the skills speak for themselves.  Just do it.  Don't talk about it.  True with intelligence just as it is for sports.[/quote]

I agree that bragging is annoying (there are annoying people and braggarts in regular schools too) but I think that often people think that smart kids are bragging when they might just be vocal and eager to share or discuss their interests/knowledge.  People who are gifted in other areas (athletics for example) don't usually get slammed for displaying their talents.  For some reason it is ok to call someone "weird" smart or "scary" smart but we don't usually refer to talented athletes in the same way.     [/quote]

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