Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums General Discussion obsessive academic accumulation disorder (OAAD)

These are great!

My contribution isn't quite as good as some of the ones I've read, but I had to share anyway.

S.C.H.O.O.L. - Slight Chance Here for Out of the Ordinary Learning

I love all these! Glad to see April 1st finally caught up to us!

SCHOOL! ((grin))

Re: This. I inherited kind of a stubborn kid, ok. Fine. He probably inherited it from us. I saw something in an article discussing some different presentations in gifted children kids, including forign kids resist questioning authority while a poor or 2e child could "may manifest that attitude in a challenging or confrontational way. ". That attitude being the gifted charachteristic of a questioning attitude. I'm just quoting it because we all have to find a disciplined balance between the two descriptions. So, anyone know a good academic "debating" primer I can use to train my kids to argue with anybody nicely?

Plus another name for giftedness might be "hyper-headed kid.". Says they're not "smarter" they're paced differently. Plus "hyper" should get sympathy for the mom.

DH coined the term Hyper Learning Disorder. (hopefully no one else has posted this because I did not read through all of the replies!)

WOAH - Weirds Out Adults Handily

OMG - Overactive Mental Goings-on

You (and anyone) are welcome to use Boredom Intolerance Syndrome - I'm serious about it; I ended up in tears in a professional training event in my 30s, having flashbacks to school!

I haven't quite reached tears before, but I get the sentiment. I've tried to explain it to people as being a bit like your whole body being covered in ants, but they look at me like I'm weird, for some reason...