Originally Posted by RRD
Interesting! By way of contrast, give me turn-by-turn directions ahead of time and I plot them on a visual map in my mind. That way, I can refer back to it as I go along.

That's exactly what I do if I already know the roads, because I already know what that map looks like.

Originally Posted by RRD
I love exchanging like this. I actually wish part of this forum were designated just for "chatting" like this.

Oh, I'd say several areas of the forum are given over to this sort of "chatting," and it indirectly influences our understanding of what giftedness is and how it manifests, so it's not a complete distraction.