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[quote=Anonymous]It does sound like we are splitting hairs and many of the kids here would be considered gifted versus profoundly gifted.  PG is so rare that I think most of the people who make major contributions to society through advancements science or economics, for example, must be average gifted, or "average" as people here are calling them. I think it's important not to diminish them without getting too wrapped up in it. Or any other levels of intelligence for that matter.

I think I have a bright child.  I actually have clarity here seeing that she is not PG.  I, as a child, read by age three without instruction, checked out adult books starting as long back as I could remember (I'm talking a gritty, historical book in 3rd grade when it was the first time to do grade reports), and everyone who met me was amused by how smart I was.  It's weird to write this because I don't feel that smart in day-to-day life.  I faired okay. Ended up earning a PhD which was impressive I guess because I came from poverty with no support. But, I've kind of leveled out and missed a lot of good foundational academic skills.  I think I may have some niche exceptional talents and might be above average smarts in general. I say this because there are some aspects of my job where I don't meet anyone as skilled as I am, and it comes very easy and natural to me while I see my colleagues working very hard to grasp the same skills, but I don't find this to be the case in all aspects.  Most concepts and ideas aren't hard to grasp, but I don't work hard enough to advance my skills as I would like. I hope my DC can learn to continue to love learning.  I was uninterested in MS and HS, then muddled through college and HS by excelling when I was interested but never putting in too much effort.  I hope my DC can learn to put in the work, and I am working on this myself.[/quote]

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