Originally Posted by Breakaway4
I think that this makes it hard sometimes for others to understand that just because a child is gifted doesn't mean he always knows the answer or remembers everything. They then use those moments to say/think "Well then maybe he isn't so smart." Next time that happens I am going to ask them to supply me with the quadratic formula!

I so agree! Even when Ds9's new teacher knew that he is currently taking an online AL course, she said she needed to bring to my attention that "he is slow" compared to his same-aged classmates when it comes to +-/x bigger numbers. cry