You lost me. What does CT skills have to do with a sense of humor? Chelsea Handler, bring it on!

Anonymous wrote:Lighten up. SNL would not exist if comedy excludes making fun of people. Where would our culture be without the church lady, the motivational speaker who lives in a trailer down by the river, Wayne and Garth, etc?

This line of reasoning is a good reminder why schools need to work harder on better developing students' critical thinking skills.

Anonymous wrote:I am not necessarily evaluating kids, rather I am constantly telling jokes. Maybe it is not a prepping filter as much as a humor filter.

My point, though, stands. Humor is as much of a measure of intelligence as a second grader taking tests.

For a parent of an AAP kid, your own deductive reasoning skills are not very sharp. "A keen sense of humor is an indicator of giftedness. Therefore, if a child does not get my sense of humor, he must not be gifted." Do you see the error?

While a keen or mature sense of humor certainly is one indicator, it isn't the only one and shouldn't be used to decide whether or not a particular kid was "prepped." I know very introverted (another common trait among gifted people) kids who spend much of their time in their own heads. These kids would very likely be tuning you out while you were delivering all your punchlines and be absorbed in their own, more interesting thoughts. You don't get the reaction you expect, and you conclude they are dim. They may be listening just enough to make you think they are paying attention to you.

Lighten up. SNL would not exist if comedy excludes making fun of people. Where would our culture be without the church lady, the motivational speaker who lives in a trailer down by the river, Wayne and Garth, etc?

Anonymous wrote:I am not necessarily evaluating kids, rather I am constantly telling jokes. Maybe it is not a prepping filter as much as a humor filter.

My point, though, stands. Humor is as much of a measure of intelligence as a second grader taking tests.

There is a difference between being funny and making fun of others. Please show us your "intelligence" without making fun of people.

Anonymous wrote:I'd take being juvenile over being an uptight helicopter parent any day.

You don't need to be either.

Yes so looking forward to the next season! It's a mad mad world. Love that movie. Love this thread. Thanks folks. You can't make this stuff up.

But, I bet an essay laced in humor would be well received.

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Anonymous wrote:Some of my DD's peers in AAP are stuck at fart jokes and super diaper baby series, they haven't cracked open Potter yet. Prepped?

Ha! On my DS' parent form, I specifically put that although he understood subtle humor and irony at a very young age, his current specialty is gross humor and body function jokes, just like every other elementary school boy. Maybe that is why he got in?

Not every gifted child acts like a little Frasier or Niles Krane.

we need more funny kids in AAP for sure. Not sure it would work for the TJ essay though.
i.e., "what are you best at doing (expalin your greatest talent)." Well, I'm funny you know, I keep all the other kids and teachers in stitches!

I am not necessarily evaluating kids, rather I am constantly telling jokes. Maybe it is not a prepping filter as much as a humor filter.

My point, though, stands. Humor is as much of a measure of intelligence as a second grader taking tests.

Yes, yes, I am well aware that a sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, but not the only sign by any means. I think it's creepy that PP goes around evaluating other kids as "prepped" or not.

Anonymous wrote:Some of my DD's peers in AAP are stuck at fart jokes and super diaper baby series, they haven't cracked open Potter yet. Prepped?

Ha! On my DS' parent form, I specifically put that although he understood subtle humor and irony at a very young age, his current specialty is gross humor and body function jokes, just like every other elementary school boy. Maybe that is why he got in?

Not every gifted child acts like a little Frasier or Niles Krane.

Anonymous wrote:Some of my DD's peers in AAP are stuck at fart jokes and super diaper baby series, they haven't cracked open Potter yet. Prepped?

well, sorry, fart/toilet humor always works. Biggest laughs on the Tonight Show were always of this variety. Americans.

Some of my DD's peers in AAP are stuck at fart jokes and super diaper baby series, they haven't cracked open Potter yet. Prepped?

Anonymous wrote:PP Here: I should add when I filled out the parental questioneer form several years ago, one of the questions, on of the questions was about sense of humor. I provided examples of what she would say...

I remember this also. So we're in AAP. Why? Because at the private school interview, DC cracked a bunch of jokes he thought were funny, and got rejected.
His public school teacher though thought he was hilarious, so high GBRS.