willagayle:
Mite's first grade teacher telling me that at least a third of the parents in her classes thought their kids were brighter than average.
Oh Dear - how did you keep a straight face?
Just be glad that 1st grade teachers aren't called on to teach statistics.
Could I have pulled off a serious face, gotten a piece of paper and drawn a bell curve - complimented her on her intutive grasp of standard deviations and acute observational skills? And kept on educating, promoting my point of view?
Maybe on a good day, if I had said my prayers properly - maybe not.
Generally, when dealing with people IRL, I try to be delighted with any "difference of opinion" I can get out in the open, because they can be turned into such teachable moments.
But remember - even with all this - I could not get that first grade skip from the public school.
FWIW,
Trinity
