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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]12:57 back.  Adult Mensa member (means "table" in greek in latin so shouldn't be in all caps - my bad) who wasn't impressed with Mensa.

A PP noted after your described your experience with teachers that your child was "frustrated".  YES YES YES!   I was hell on wheels (or so I'm told) as a very young child.  My mother said to the pediatrician or our church pastor, "Either there's something wrong with me or there's something wrong with her" and that's when someone suggested testing my I.Q. with the Baby Stanford-Binet  (long gone).  I actually still remember taking the test, where it was, what color blocks they used, what direction I was facing.  Anyhow, the therapists said I was "bored" and to start enrichment, play chess with me (my parents bought a large plastic chess set that one set up on the floor), bring books home so that's how I started reading at 2.  "Frustation" and "Bored" are two buzz words you should try to keep in your head when your daughter is acting out.  I don't know if you mentioned it, but you should get an up-to-date set of tests done so you can share it with the teachers to enlist their help.  I like the idea of homeschooling (although personally I don't have the patience for it).  A lawyer SAHM friend of mine did it for her extraordinarily off-the-charts daughter.  The kid eventually got a full ride at Harvard Divinity School.  Best of luck![/quote]

You have very specific experiences - but let's please not think that any bored quirky child is gifted/mensa/whatever.  OP said DD qualified based on DD's score on NNAT.  I believe it should be above a 132 (a usual cut off for AAP as well).  There are a decent amount of kids that met this cut off either for cogat or nnat.

Op- what was the NNAt score?[/quote]

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