DS6 will be tested in May and I'm really so curious as to what the results will be.
I definitely feel like an imposter on here for the time being because I really doubt whether or not he is gifted (I have already posted about that a few times so yes, I'm repeating myself). In any case, there doesn't seem to be anything that unusual with his development (no early reading, not exceptional at math, never interested in puzzles) except maybe his large vocabulary. The only big hint is that he appears to have several of the overexcitabilities, which is actually how I fell upon the possibility that he might actually be gifted.
Still, there has always been something I can't quite pinpoint that makes me question his cognitive abilities. He started asking the most amazing question when he was about 3, showing an interest in the solar system, how the earth was formed, human biology, evolution, googolplex, animal behaviour (echolocation, predation), electricity, water cycle, natural phenomena (tornadoes, volcanoes, etc.), tides, gravity, etc. And he also makes pretty amazing connections (at age 4, learned about hypotheses in one context and accurately identified that a friend had made a "hypothesis" in a different setting) and has some neat theories (asked whether a half-deflated balloon makes less noise when it pops because there is less air in it to make sound waves), but that sort of thing doesn't happen very often at all.
Thing is, will any of that be captured by the tests? It doesn't seem to me like it would.
And on a more philosophical level, why do I even care? It's not like he's bored at school or anything, and it's not like I feel the need for him to progress any faster. As for his interests, we are able to satisfy his curiosity for the time being. And yet, I feel driven to know. Maybe to validate my own thoughts about him? I feel so absorbed by this lately. Has anyone else had that feeling?
